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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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GWF Private Lands Stewardship Program is ON THE GROUND
The GWF Private Lands Biologist is now available to provide AT NO COST land management assistance to landowners in focal counties in central Georgia. Given the importance of active management in developing and maintaining quality wildlife habitat, the GWF Biologist...
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Connecting with Community at the Keeping Georgia Wild Festival
The second annual Keeping Georgia Wild Family Festival, held May 18 at the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Mansfield, proved once again to be a wonderful community outreach opportunity for GWF. Staff, board, volunteers, and representatives from other sponsoring...
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ABAC students take a break from the books to burn some powder!
We just finished up the first annual ABAC Skeet Shooting Tournament. We did keep score and award a few prizes, but this event was much more about having a little fun while burning some powder and introducing new people to the sport. This tournament was part of our...
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GWF Hires Biologist for Private Lands Program
GWF is excited to announce that Evan Wheeler, Private Lands Biologist, has joined our team to provide forestry and wildlife habitat management technical assistance to landowners in central Georgia. Evan earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Wildlife Sciences at Auburn...
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GWF Celebrates Georgia’s Clean 13 with the Georgia Water Coalition
On March 14, approximately 200 guests gathered for the Georgia Water Coalition's Clean 13 Celebration to recognize extraordinary efforts on the part of businesses, industries, local governments, non-profit organizations, and individuals to protect Georgia's water and...
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