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Swamp Pink Surprise
Swamp pink had a red-letter day last October. That’s when scientists and students working at a Chattahoochee National Forest mountain bog uncovered the first known instance in Georgia of a swamp pink that had been planted to help restore this imperiled species actually producing seedlings. Students from Southeastern Technical College in Swainsboro, Ga., had teamed with U.S. Forest Service and the DNR to help restore a mountain bog, one of the rarest natural communities in the Southern Appalachians. As workers cut and moved brush away from patches of sphagnum moss containing sensitive plants, botanists documented a surprise years in the making.

Deer Facts

The North American deer family includes white-tailed, black-tailed and mule deer, elk, caribou, reindeer and moose.

The sizes of the members of this big family range from a mere 100-pound Coues whitetail at the small end of the spectrum to the largest of all members of the deer family, the Alaska/Yukon moose, which reaches 1,600 pounds or more. So, what do all the members of the deer family have in common? Several things. They all grow antlers that they shed in the late winter. With the exception of caribou and reindeer, only the males grow antlers...

 

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Whitetail Deer can live anywhere

Whitetail deer are the most versatile big game animals on the North American continent...

 

 

YBO Know How

Count birds instead of staying inside this winterCount birds instead of staying inside this winter
One, two, three, four: cardinals, finches and chickadees. How many birds can you count in your backyard this winter? While you may not hear their boisterous whistles and tweets like you do in spring, birds are still in your backyard. Your yard may...

 

 

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