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What’s Georgia without the Call of the Bobwhite?
My love of the outdoors stems from early morning walks into the woods with my dad as we went to hunt. As I grew older, I would listen to my grandfather and dad talk for hours about the prince of game birds, the bobwhite quail. But even in the 1970s, the familiar...
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Support Georgia Wildlife Federation with Target Circle
GWF is honored and excited to announce that we have been chosen to participate in a special charitable giving campaign, sponsored and funded by Target. And you have the chance to help direct a portion of Target's donation to us! Now through January 5, vote for us...
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Ask Your US Representative to Help Bring $27.8M to Georgia
Can you fathom Georgia without quail? or songbirds? A major new study in the journal Science has found widespread declines in bird numbers since 1970. Today, three billion fewer birds fill the skies—a 29 percent decline. Meadowlarks, sparrows, finches, warblers,...
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Georgia Water Coalition’s 2019 Clean 13 Water Heroes
The Georgia Water Coalition's 3rd annual Clean 13 report highlights work to protect Georgia's water accomplished by state and local governments, businesses, industries, non-profit organizations and individuals. From innovative efforts to stem stormwater pollution at...
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Georgia Wildlife Federation’s Public Comments Regarding Twin Pines, LLC Permit Application SAS-2018-00554
September 12, 2019 Ms. Holly Ross U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1104 North Westover Boulevard, Suite 9 Albany, Georgia, 31707 holly.a.ross@usace.army.mil RE: Comment Letter, Georgia Wildlife Federation Permit Application No. SAS-2018-00554 Twin Pines Site, Charlton...
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Georgia Wildlife Federation Hires Calvin Ellis as New Campus R3 Coordinator for University of Georgia
Covington, GA – Georgia Wildlife Federation’s (GWF) College Learn-to-Hunt Program has been a resounding success after the first semester of having student interns on board. The work of Campus R3 Coordinators at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (Parker Gerdes) and...
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Georgia Water Coalition Update
Georgia Wildlife Federation hosted the annual spring meeting of the Georgia Water Coalition on April 24th at our Alcovy Conservation Center. Seventy people attended representing over 40 GWC member groups. Two special guests this year included Josh Hildebrandt, policy...
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You don’t have to be Annie Oakley to have fun engaging in shooting sports
For the last three years, the Young Alumni Committee at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources has hosted the Alumni and Friends Sporting Clays Tournament. This event, held on a Friday in mid-April, is a perfect chance for students, faculty, alumni, and...
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GWF Welcomes Dan Fletcher to the Board
GWF is pleased to welcome Dan Fletcher to the Board of Directors. Dan, an employee of WC Bradley Farms, Inc., comes to us from Columbus and is serving as a Director-at-Large. Dan’s first priority is to expand the presence and influence of GWF in the Columbus area. As...
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Georgia Hunters for the Hungry Update
Thank you to all of our sponsors, hunters, and processors who made the 2018-2019 GHFTH season a success. Together, we provided 14,133 pounds of venison to Georgia food banks and fed approximately 56,532 high-quality, protein-rich meals to Georgians in need. Five new...
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Clay Shooters Brave Storms to Support GWF
The 2019 Clay Shoot for Conservation was like no other. With severe weather looming, our sporting clay teams and volunteers traveled to Burge Plantation in Mansfield not knowing if the weather would "dampen" the day. Although the storms did indeed drench everyone,...
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Exploring the Alcovy Conservation Center
From September 2018 to May 2019, over 100 community members of all ages were treated to informative morning walks at the Alcovy Conservation Center thanks to volunteer naturalist Kathy Whitworth (pictured bottom-center). Nature-lovers identified birds, insects,...
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