General Water Issues
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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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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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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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Carroll County Extension is hosting a program on managing cattle in drought conditions on Monday November 28th 2016 at 5:30-9:00 PM at the Carroll County Ag Center/Extension Office. Information and agenda for the workshop is provided below. If you have questions and to register, call Richard Littleton, Carroll County Extension, at 770-836-8546. Or you can…
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The following article written by Dan Chapman with the Atlanta Journal Constitution related to drought was in the November 8th edition of the AJC. UGA CAES Agricultural Climatologist is quoted in this article. *** *** *** *** DROUGHT Region from North Georgia to Florida in historic drought And the outlook for the next three…
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