Agricultural and Natural Resources
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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…
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The use of cover crops in agriculture is the base in conservation tillage or conservation production systems. The use of cover crops has many different benefits ranging from aiding in increased infiltration, suppressing weeds, building soil health and reducing erosion. In the “Weekly Roundup” of the Forester Newsletter there was an article dealing with cover crops…
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Camden County has an Award Winning Program which is helping keep Coastal Georgia Clean.
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Susan Varlamoff highlights in a recent article in the Environmental News Blog post work being done with Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI) in Georgia. To read her full story see the Environmental News Blog site. In the article, there is also a YouTube video produced by the Flint River SWCD about how VRI is used.