Gary Hawkins
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On February 14th 2017, Mr. Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., the Special Master appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court filed his Report on the lawsuit between Florida and Georgia as it relates to the amount of water flowing in the ACF Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). There are a few different articles that have been published on…
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Pam Knox, UGA and CAES Agricultural Climatologist, referenced an article in the New York Times in her Blog Post on January 31, 2017. As I write this I am getting ready to resume a two-day conference focused on Conservation Production Systems. The article in the New York Times discusses no-till farming as a way farmers are…
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The Growing Georgia Newsletter, January 17, 2017 edition, has a story of how some farmers in California are storing water in the aquifers by flooding their fields in the wet season. Read the entire story on Creating Floods to Refill Aquifers.
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In the Erosion Control e-mail newsletter for January 17, 2017, Janice Kaspersen discusses the side effects of the drought and rain in California. With all the recent rain, the trees that died during the drought are falling. to read the entire Editor’s Blog see All Fall Down.
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Update of Drought for December 27, 2016.
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Drought update for November 29. 2016
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On December 1, 2016, the latest portion of the Georgia – Florida Water Case came to a close. A copy of teh story printed in the AJC is copied.
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On November 30, 2016 Dan Chapman and Greg Bluestein both of the Atlanta Journal Constitution wrote a story titled “Ga. Farmer’s water use is key issue”. The story is copied here in case you have not seen the story.
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The recent rains (November 29 and 30) was a very welcome site to many across the Southeast. Here are some thoughts on the drought and the rains we received: I heard on the radio and news reports that the rains will help the firefighters with the fires in North Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. The…
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November 22, 2016 Drought monitor information has been released.
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