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Senator Warnock Backs Bipartisan Bill to Help At-Risk Wildlife
Contact: DeAnna Harris, Georgia Wildlife Federation, 770-787-7887, dharris@gwf.org Lacey McCormick, National Wildlife Federation, 512-203-3016, mccormick@nwf.org COVINGTON (06/30/2022) — Senator Raphael Warnock has joined Senator Jon Ossoff in cosponsoring the...
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Academics Afield Expands to HBCUs in, GWF’s New Hire, Durrell Smith’s Capable Hands
Durrell Smith is a 32-year-old Atlanta, Georgia native, visual artist, podcast host, bird dog handler/trainer, and conservationist. While creating compelling abstract assemblage pieces or India ink and watercolor illustrations based on his field experiences and...
read moreGeorgia Wildlife Federation Welcomes Jana Dyke to Board as Regional Director
Experience in economic development and deep roots in the outdoor community make a perfect partnership Covington, GA – Georgia Wildlife Federation’s Board of Directors voted unanimously at the June meeting to bring Jana Dyke on as regional director for the Albany area....
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Carson Love Joins GWF as UGA’s Academics Afield Coordinator
Carson Love is a junior at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources studying Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences (UGA). Thanks to the support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Restoration Program, GWF recently hired her...
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Public Access to Public Assets: Georgia’s Fish Belong to All of Us
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Public Access to Public Assets: Georgia’s Fish Belong to All of Us Georgia is blessed with tremendous beauty and tremendous opportunity to enjoy the outdoors. We have mountains and valleys, coastal plain and breathtaking marshlands. We have...
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US Senate Advances Most Significant Wildlife Conservation Bill in Half-Century
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Will Safeguard Species from Bobwhite Quail to Monarch Butterfly Covington, GA – The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s bipartisan vote to advance the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act brings the most significant...
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From Start to Finish-A Student Coordinator’s Experience Leading Academics Afield
By Cody Ellis, UGA Academics Afield Coordinator Academics Afield has been a very neat and exciting experience for me as the Coordinator for UGA. Not only did I get to teach students how to be involved with the outdoors, I was able to share my passion with them. I...
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The Call of the Bobwhite
A bipartisan bill would help bobwhite quail -- along with thousands of species nationwide. By Mike Worley President & CEO, Georgia Wildlife Federation My love of the outdoors stems from early morning walks into the woods with my dad as we went to hunt. As I grew...
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The Hype, The Hunt, The Hope
By Zach Stevens, ABAC Academics Afield Coordinator The Hype Spring hunting opportunities through Academics Afield at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College can engender excitement. The squirrel hunt in February particularly aroused interest among the newer cohorts of...
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Artemis Georgia Hunt Camp Leads to the Retention of Women Hunters
By Bre Bashford, Georgia R3 Coordinator Artemis Georgia focuses on establishing strong community bonds among women to ensure continuation amongst our female hunters and anglers. Over the Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend, six women gathered for adventure and to encourage...
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Mom Attends Field to Fork Adult Learn to Hunt Program to Connect with Teenage Sons
By Bre Bashford, Georgia R3 Coordinator Forsyth, GA-Tasha Bishop speaks to a Food to Fork coach Justin Mizell brainstorming ways to improve her accuracy with her crossbow. It’s the Friday of a weekend learn to hunt event with five other pairs of students and volunteer...
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Who Says You Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Tricks? Adults Learn to Hunt Deer Through Field to Fork
By Bre Bashford, Georgia R3 Coordinator Forsyth, GA- Participants arrived for a weekend of learning and left with inspiration and a new-found connection to the outdoors. Field to Fork participants are especially interested in hunting as a means to put high quality...
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