Agricultural and Natural Resources
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The following is copy from the latest release from the National Drought Mitigation Center: Within the announcement, there are a few links that will provide additional information. These include: Crops in Drought U.S. Drought Monitor statistics Narrative of Drought U.S. Drought Monitor for May 9, 2017: For…
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The following is copy from the latest release from the National Drought Mitigation Center: Within the announcement, there are a few links that will provide additional information. These include: Crops in Drought U.S. Drought Monitor statistics Narrative of Drought ** *** *** *** *** *** ***…
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The Draft Regional Water Plans for Georgia have been finalized and are available for public comment. The Draft Plans can be found on the Draft Regional Water Plan website. On the site you will be able to click on the Regional Water Council you are interested in reviewing and the website looks like: On…
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In September 2016, the organizers of the Athens-Clark County Water Festival incorporated the game Pokemon Go into their annual water education festival. The Saturday was full of different water related activities from kids being able to act like a raindrop flowing through a stormwater channel, water cannons, water games, and Dr. Hawkins, UGA Water Resource…
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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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With 53 Georgia counties in a Level 1 drought condition currently, the main focus should be water conservation. Some of the things that can be done to conserve water are listed below: Indoors: One fact sheet from UGA is Every Drop Counts: Conserve Water at Home 1. Run water only when needed 2. If you…
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EPD declares Level 1 Drought for 53 counties in Georgia.
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As drought conditions continue to increase in the SE, finding ways to save water can be beneficial. In this post, I provide a very short list of things that can be done.
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In California, Dr. David Still is working to breed lettuce that will use less nitrogen and water. He is trying to isolate the genes that leads to lettuce “bolting” when it gets hotter. To read more about how he is working with lettuce in hot climates see the story in the Western Farm Press under…