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The Mountain Conservation Trust of Georgia annual meeting keynote speaker, Jim Langford, gave an inspiring talk about the importance of conserving green space, also pointing out that funding for green space is often at odds with infrastructure expenditures such as sewage, schools and roads...
Langford Urges Community to Conserve Green Space for Future Generations
This year’s keynote speaker, Jim Langford, gave an inspiring talk about the importance of conserving green space...
Sep 16, 2008
Recent Rains Increase Mosquitoes
Female mosquitoes suck blood and spit saliva (to keep the blood from coagulating) in a different host each time a blood meal is needed to lay eggs. The mosquito can pick up a disease from one host if it is infected and carry it to another...
Sep 15, 2008
World-Renowned Golf Course Designer Purchases Old Union Golf Course in Blairsville
Recently Denis Griffiths became the only American to have ever designed a course in St. Andrews and he brings that Scottish experience to Old Union, which has an obvious Scottish flair. The course is scheduled to open for play in summer 2009...
Sep 15, 2008
Sea Turtle Nest Damage from Fay Likely not as Intense as Feared
Tropical Storm Fay cut short a record-breaking year for loggerhead sea turtles...
Aug 25, 2008
Enviro Expo 2008: Atlanta's First Green Expo for Consumers
This three-day event at AmericasMart in November will showcase eco-friendly lifestyle choices and truly 'green' products...
Aug 25, 2008
Dawson County Champion Tree Program Begins Second Season
The Dawson County Champion Tree Program is associated with the Georgia Forestry Commission’s (GFC),state program and is designed to find the largest trees in the county by species and possibly 'crown' them as state champions. The nomination period begins September 1...
Aug 22, 2008
Abba House Installs New Paper Recycling Bin
By providing a recycling bin to the Dawson and Forsyth County communities, Abba House, a local women's ministry, hopes to draw support from the community and raise revenue for the organization...
Aug 14, 2008
WILD Facts: Mosquito control with fins
These live-bearing fish resemble guppies, with males and females only reaching 1½ and 2½ inches long, respectively. To protect themselves from larger fish, mosquitofish hide in vegetation along pond edges...
Aug 12, 2008
Dawson County Extension Service Offers Free Insect Control Class This Week
With the large number of calls related to insects, such as yellow jackets, the Dawson County Extension Service will offer a free educational program...
Aug 4, 2008
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Sets Banquet Date
Local chapters of the RMEF conduct annual banquets that feature a social hour with games, raffles, prizes and a silent auction, followed by a dinner and lively benefit auction. Local volunteers in the North East Georgia area who are concerned about the future of wildlife and preserving our wildlife’s habitat have developed the chapter...
Jul 21, 2008
We Need Bees
Although it has not been definitely determined, it is believed that one bee can pollinate 5,000 flowers per day per tree. Bees work best when temperatures are above 65 degrees. Incomplete pollination in fruit trees results in excessive fruit drop or even poorly developed fruit that may eventually drop off...
Jul 8, 2008
Register Now for Dawson County Overnight Etowah Experience
On July 18-20 The Dawson County Etowah River Experience will host an overnight kayak/canoe camping trip...
Jul 1, 2008
Leaves of Three, Let It Be
Symptoms of contact with poison ivy include skin inflammation and blistering, and all parts -- stems, leaves, roots, flowers and fruits -- are poisonous at all times of the year...
Jun 30, 2008
Wandering Black Bear Killed on Hwy. 20 in Forsyth County
Recent bear sightings in the metro Atlanta area underscore the importance of residents bear-proofing their garbage and making other non-natural food items such as birdseed and pet food inaccessible to bears...
Jun 30, 2008
Overstreets Contribute to Dawson County 4-H as Georgia Corn Yield Winners
Ben and Mary Joe Overstreet of Dawsonville have contributed $300 to Dawson County 4-H as a result of winning first place in the a Non-Irrigated division and the A No Till/Strip Till Non-Irrigated division of the 2007 National Corn Growers’ Association’s (NCGA) Corn Yield Contest in Georgia...
Jun 25, 2008
