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The conservation community is mourning the loss of DNR botanist Tom Patrick, of Monticello. Patrick, of Monticello, died Aug. 22. He was the agency’s first botanist, joining in 1986 what was then the Georgia Natural Heritage Inventory Program, an initiative of DNR and The Nature Conservancy (“Heritage turns 25,” November 2011). Patrick was noted for…
On July 27, some of the state’s top 4-H youth BB teams competed for cash prizes, trophies and bragging rights at the inaugural BB Blast 4-H Showdown at the 2019 Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast. Members of the top-three teams listed below all won award rifles, Daisy’s Model 1938 Red Ryders. That’s 21 shooters who collected…
Ted Will has been named the new chief of the Game Management Section for Georgia’s Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). Will is a longtime employee of the division, most recently serving as assistant chief of the fisheries management section, and he has served previously as assistant chief of game management. As chief, Will’s responsibilities will include…
GON writer Glen Solomon, 52, of Hazlehurst, passed away on Friday, Aug. 16 while on his way to Appling Health Care in Baxley with what he told his wife over the phone were chest pains. Visitation and funeral services were held Sunday, Aug. 18 at Lighthouse Christian Fellowship in Hazlehurst, Glen’s home church. Glen’s relationship…
(Editor’s Note: GON policy has always been to use the original local names for lakes, rather than names later enacted by Congress to honor fellow politicians. So this lake is always referred to in GON as Clarks Hill rather than J. Strom Thurmond. Likewise, we use Lake Eufaula rather than Lake Walter F. George. The…
Chuck Williams, a subscriber from Watkinsville, shared a photo with the GON community that he took with his phone on June 30. “We live on a tree farm on Oconee-Greene line, near the Oconee River,” Chuck said. “My wife Beth and I were walking three of our dogs—on leashes, due to prevalence of timber rattlers…
Early results from an ongoing research study looking into the drastic decline in deer harvest and hunter success in the north Georgia mountains doesn’t bode well for fawn survival. Only three of 13 fawns tracked by researchers at the Chattahoochee National Forest survived to 4 months. According to a presentation at the Southeast Deer Study…
The Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA) named Lindsay Thomas Jr., Director of Communications for QDMA, the winner of the 2019 Pinnacle Award in the Magazine category for an article published in Quality Whitetails magazine in 2018. The award was announced at POMA’s 14th Annual Business Conference on June 19. Lindsay began his career in outdoor…
Not everyone can afford $100 to $150 for a spot on a private dove field, so Georgia WRD does a good job in offering folks some public opportunities. Some of those fields are quota-only, but the deadline to apply over at www.gohuntgeorgia.com is Aug. 15. You’ve still got time. To the right is a list…