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Green Space
Environmental Sustainability Demonstrated by NGCSU Students
A group of NGCSU students recently sifted through more than 100 lbs. of trash for an hour, retrieving aluminum cans, plastic containers, paper and cardboard. The group weighed the trash bags before and after the recyclables were taken out, calculating that approximately 20 percent of the total trash was salvaged for recycling...
Apr 29, 2008
Dawson County Saving Wetlands
Travelers on Hwy. 9 in Dawson County will have noticed a barrier separating land near the new canoe launch by Bannister Road. Beyond the fence lays a spread of protected wetlands known as the Etowah River Mitigation Preserve...
Apr 29, 2008
Buford Trout Hatchery Hosts Guided Bird Walk in Early May
Buford Trout Hatchery offers a combination of habitat that is very attractive to neotropical migrants, making it the perfect location to spot a beautiful summer tanager or orchard oriole. Local bird expert Karen Theodorou will be leading a bird walk along the hatchery’s Lincoln Sparrow Trail...
Apr 25, 2008
Governor Perdue Launches Conservation Campaign: Conserve Georgia
Conserve Georgia is designed to promote conservation of energy, land and water in the state of Georgia. An accompanying web site has been launched supporting the program, serving as a 'one-stop-shop' of all of Georgia's conservation initiatives...
Apr 24, 2008
Congratulations to the Dawson County Women's Club
"Our two year 'Grow Memories' beautification project at Rock Creek Park was in competition with 10 other clubs and their terrific beautification projects"...
Apr 22, 2008
Keeping Dawson County Beautiful Through Great American Cleanup™
The Great American Cleanup is an annual event started in 1999 by Keep America Beautiful. Each year Georgians have worked to improve their communities by picking up litter in parks and roadways, planting trees and flowers to beautify public spaces, painting over graffiti, repairing local homes and businesses, and holding recycling drives and workshops...
Apr 21, 2008
Public Invited to Attend Amicalola Access Trail Dedication
The Amicalola Handicap Access Trail built along the Amicalola River will be dedicated and officially opened on Monday, April 21...
Apr 14, 2008
Kiwanis One Day Service Project with Keep Dawson County Beautiful
Beginning Monday, April 14 and concluding Saturday, April 19, 2008, the Kiwanis Club of Dawson County and Keep Dawson County Beautiful will jointly sponsor a used telephone book collection and recycling project...
Apr 11, 2008
Dawson County Community Invited to River Park Canoe Launch Dedication
Bring a canoe and join the festivities as the canoe launch officially opens. From River Park, the Etowah gently passes through the Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area with only a couple of easy class I-II rapids...
Apr 11, 2008
Father of 'Enviornmental Ethics' Speaks at Brenau
Environmental ethicist Holmes Rolston III will speak Monday, April 14, at 1 p.m. in Brenau University’s Thurmond McRae Auditorium as a part of the Gainesville area interfaith ministries’ activities leading up to the 38th annual celebration of Earth Day on April 22...
Apr 10, 2008
Public Invited to Attend Amicalola Access Trail Dedication
The Amicalola Handicap Access Trail built along the Amicalola River will be dedicated and officially opened on Monday, April 21...
Apr 8, 2008
Dawson County Community Invited to River Park Canoe Launch Dedication
Bring a canoe and join the festivities as the canoe launch officially opens. From River Park, the Etowah gently passes through the Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area with only a couple of easy class I-II rapids...
Apr 4, 2008
Joint DNR, Forest Service Burns Benefit Rare Species
Recent prescribed fire collaborations between the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the U.S. Forest Service will help restore rare species such as the smooth purple coneflower and Bachman’s sparrow in Georgia...
Mar 28, 2008
WILD Facts: The King of Snakes
The species’ typical length is 3-4 feet long, but the record is almost 7 feet...
Mar 27, 2008
