2+ week, 2+ day ago   (324+ words) Georgia is no stranger to invasive species, with kudzu, Japanese knotweed, the spotted lanternfly, Argentine tegus and more threatening the state. Now, there’s a new entrant to the list: the pasture mealybug. Houseplant enthusiasts may already be familiar with a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1031+ words) In late April, as Georgia faced its most intense drought in almost 20 years, nearly every corner of the state was in desperate need of rain. Water levels in many rivers and streams were at near record lows. Peach State farmers…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1085+ words) Most years, April is a busy time at Lee Nunn Farms, a 1,600-acre family farm near Madison. The corn is already in the ground and reaching skyward. The damp soil in other fields, recharged by winter rains, is being prepped…...

9+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1190+ words) What started as the first day of routine monitoring and surveying of the North Atlantic right whale off Georgia’s coast ended up as a mission to free one that was entangled in fishing gear. Responders from the Georgia Department of…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (564+ words) TYBEE ISLAND ― Georgia’s most popular beach is thinning and the federal funds to fatten up the shore won’t be coming as scheduled. Tybee Island officials learned Tuesday the island’s periodic beach renourishment project has been cut from the U.S....

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (604+ words) On Dec. 10, I attended the Georgia Public Service Commission hearing on the latest Georgia Power request. Even before the hearing began, those of us preparing to speak sensed something was wrong. In the cafeteria, there was a sudden rush of…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (526+ words) Conservation groups and their state and federal partners cheered the completion of a deal Monday they say will protect more than 10,000 acres of ecologically valuable and endangered forests straddling the Alabama-Georgia border. The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit specializing in acquiring…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1019+ words) Many scientists feared a now-scuttled plan to mine next to the Okefenokee Swamp would alter the water levels of the refuge. The mining company itself disputed those claims, arguing the water it planned to pump from the underlying aquifer would…...

10+ mon, 1+ day ago   (413+ words) A note from a friend said that she and her friend were birding at the Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve in Decatur last weekend when they saw more of a small songbird than they liked. It was an eastern phoebe, a…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (375+ words) In Georgia, we are suffering from high power bills while data centers are moving into our state, creating a massive expansion of energy needs. Georgia Power customers’ bills are on average $500 more per year than just two years ago after…...