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Waterfowl hunters - get ready for the 2023 Duck Season!
Go Draw a Fish! The 25th Anniversary Fish Art Contest is now officially underway.
Renovated Boat Ramp Opens in Meriwether County!
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is accepting applications for its 2023 Career Academy now through Nov. 30.
Georgia’s beach water quality and swimming advisories are moving exclusively to a new, real-time map that will allow the public to find information on the go.
Beach Advisory Lifted for St. Simons Island
Why is Fall the time of year that you need to be more vigilant while driving?
If you were looking for a reason to go trout fishing, we have just the ticket.
Spalding County native Katherine Darsey was recently promoted to Chief of Administrative Services for Georgia’s State Park system, a division of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). For the past six years, she has served as manager of Indian Springs State Park in Flovilla, thought to be the oldest state park in the nation and best known for its mineral-rich spring water.
After more than 25 years of work by conservationists, the imperiled smooth coneflower has reached a recovery milestone: a downlisting from endangered to threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act
A Florida woman has tied the Georgia Saltwater Game Fish Record for Florida Pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) after her catch was certified by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) this week.
Hunting repeatedly shows itself as a safe sport.
A proposal to amend the recreational fishing regulations for Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) has been postponed pending a thorough review of public comments by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the agency announced today.
In Georgia, the gopher tortoise will not be added to the federal Endangered Species Act list in large part because of the power of partnerships.
Public Unveiling is 10 a.m., November 4, at Panola Mountain State Park in Stockbridge.
Will you take advantage of the upcoming week-long primitive weapons deer hunting season opening Saturday, Oct. 15?
Planning on hunting during the primitive weapons deer hunting season that opens on Oct. 15? Wait!
Georgia’s territorial waters re-opened to commercial and recreational shellfish harvest effective 6:00 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.
Hey, kids! Do you enjoy nature as well as creating artwork? Georgia’s 17th annual Youth Birding Competition invites resident children and teens to celebrate birds through a T-shirt art contest.