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Last month, GON’s legislative coverage detailed proposals introduced by Gov. Sonny Perdue to spend $50 million for land preservation and $19 million over the next two years to start the Go Fish Georgia program (see the February issue, page 24). Despite some media sniping at the governor’s proposal to make Georgia lakes and rivers more…
Despite a rough, hot summer at Georgia’s fish hatcheries, the WRD’s trout-stocking program is in good shape, and Georgia’s trout anglers have a good season to look forward to thanks to a mild winter and a little help from hatcheries outside the state. “We had a tough time at the end of last summer. July…
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invited all elementary, middle, and high schools enrolled in Georgia’s National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) to the first-ever NASP State Fun Shoot. The event was held February 24 at 12 Point Archery in Covington. Any school with NASP certified instructors was allowed to register as many…
A passion for hunting, fishing and the outdoors is something that can get in your blood. For some, the passion is so great they decide to make it their life’s work. Those are the types of individuals that fill the ranks of Georgia DNR’s Law Enforcement Section. Referred to by some as game wardens, these…
On January 6, 2007, the third annual squirrel hunt hosted by Hurricane Creek Hunting Club took place in Lumpkin County on private property. We began this program three years ago after WRD reported declining hunter numbers and declining license sales. We wanted to help. One of the things we decided to do was host an…
The Georgia Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) held a series of eight public meetings in early January to give hunters an opportunity to comment on the state’s hunting regulations before new regulations are finalized. Overall, 285 people attended the meetings. The January 9 meeting in Athens was dominated by a recent dog-shooting incident in Clarke County…
Gov. Sonny Perdue gave his State of the State address at the capitol two weeks ago, outlining his budget proposals for the coming year. For the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), it must have seemed like Christmas all over again. First, the governor is not asking for budget cuts, which means the Wildlife Resources Division…
Spill hot coffee, sue the fast-food establishment. Slip and fall, sue the department store. Not getting your way with a federal or local bureaucracy? Take ’em to court. The litigious nature of our society is amazing and often repulsive. For sportsmen, lawsuits have been extremely harmful. Court actions by anti-hunting and environmental groups have stopped…
The City Council of Darien has passed a resolution to propose legislation that would allow it to annex 20 square miles of state-owned wetlands, including approximately one-third of Altamaha WMA. The city plans to zone the property as conservation land and develop the land for “eco-tourism” including hunting, fishing and bird-watching. The land proposed for…
The Game Management, Fisheries, and Law Enforcement sections of WRD, departments with long histories of dedicated, professional service to wildlife, fisheries and sportsmen in our state, don’t have the resources and manpower they once had to do the work that sportsmen depend on them to do. Yearly budget cuts have meant positions formerly held by…
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