UGA.Today: Conservation http://news.uga.edu/archive/category/Conservation UGA.Today release category feed en jbeckley@uga.edu Copyright 2013 2013-05-24T15:58:+00:00 2013-05-24T15:58:+00:00 Odum Environmental Grants awarded to 10 Athens-area school projects http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/odum-environmental-grants-awarded-to-10-athens-area-school-projects Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:44 GMT UGA’s Salty Dawg to retrieve data from under the sea http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-Salty-Dawg-retrieve-data-from-under-the-sea Mon, 6 May 2013 13:26:11 GMT UGA students, faculty and staff receive sustainability awards http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-students-faculty-and-staff-receive-sustainability-awards-2013 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:42:19 GMT UGA to acquire 15 acres of historic Wormsloe property in Savannah http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-to-acquire-15-acres-of-historic-wormsloe-property-in-savannah Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:15:02 GMT UGA Bug Dawgs to host ‘The Beers and the Bees’ April 18 http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-bug-dawgs-to-host-the-beers-and-the-bees-april-18 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:16:13 GMT 2013 UGA Earth Week celebration to spotlight green living, careers http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/2013-uga-earth-week-celebration-to-spotlight-green-living-careers Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:46:40 GMT UGA’s Chew Crew goats return to Tanyard Creek http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/ugas-chew-crew-goats-return-to-tanyard-creek Tue, 9 Apr 2013 12:21:01 GMT UGA Cooperative Extension helps reinvigorate agriculture at Atlanta History Center http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/cooperative-extension-helps-reinvigorate-agriculture-atlanta-history-c Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:38:39 GMT From scrap to soil amendment: Compost 101 offered at UGA http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/from-scrap-to-soil-amendment-compost-101-offered-at-uga Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:04:42 GMT Short film by UGA ecology student to screen at Savannah film festival http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/short-film-ecology-student-screen-savannah-film-festival-031513 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:54:03 GMT 2013 EcoFocus Film Festival set for March 20-24 in Athens http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/2013-ecofocus-film-festival-march-20-24-athens Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:52:00 GMT UGA campus invited to ‘get caught green handed’ for RecycleMania competition http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-campus-caught-green-handed-for-recyclemania-022613 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:20:24 GMT Tybee residents invited to participate in sea level rise, coastal flooding preparations http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/tybee-residents-invited-sea-level-rise-coastal-flooding-preparations-0 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:26:19 GMT UGA leads inaugural SEC Symposium on renewable energy http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-leads-inaugural-sec-symposium-on-renewable-energy Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:30:35 GMT UGA to host 2013 Georgia Water Resources Conference http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-to-host-2013-georgia-water-resources-conference Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:52:21 GMT Artist to lecture, perform on global water crisis http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/artist-to-lecture-perform-on-global-water-crisis-020813 Fri, 8 Feb 2013 17:46:49 GMT EcoFocus Film Festival expands to Jekyll Island http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/ecofocus-film-festival-expands-to-jekyll-island-020713 Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:40:37 GMT Alumnus to speak on life-changing experience http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-alumnus-life-changing-experience-tipi-mark-warren02-01-13 Fri, 1 Feb 2013 17:15:04 GMT UGA’s Bargeron appointed to national Invasive Species Advisory Committee http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/bargeron-appointed-national-invasive-species-advisory-committee-012813 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:58:01 GMT UGA selects 10 student scholars to attend inaugural SEC Symposium on renewable energy http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/10-students-to-attend-inaugural-sec-symposium-on-renewable-energy-012213 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:05:28 GMT UGA awards sustainability grants to seven student projects http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-sustainability-grants-seven-student-projects-011613 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:37:39 GMT Environment and Design holds art competition to celebrate garden’s 75th anniversary http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/environment-and-design-holds-art-competition-to-celebrate-gardens-75th Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:04:00 GMT Native Plant Symposium to help gardeners create beautiful, sustainable habitats http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/native-plant-symposium-010713 Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:40:53 GMT UGA scientific divers discover 36,000-year-old Atlantic gray whale fossil http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-scientific-divers-discover-36000-year-old-atlantic-gray-whale-foss Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:07:11 GMT Students get hands-on experience in Material Reuse Program in UGA College of Environment and Design http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/students-get-hands-on-experience-in-material-reuse-program-in-uga-coll Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:01:25 GMT UGA selects two student ambassadors for inaugural SEC Symposium on Renewable Energy http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/student-ambassadors-inaugural-sec-symposium-121312 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:13:10 GMT NSF renews $5.8 million grant for Georgia coastal research http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/nsf-renews-58-million-grant-for-georgia-coastal-research Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:10:36 GMT UGA awards inaugural scholarships for study abroad in sustainability http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/scholarships-for-study-abroad-in-sustainability-121012 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:55:56 GMT New guidebook helps Georgia’s tax assessors value conservation easement properties http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/new-guidebook-conservation-easement-properties-113012 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:25:04 GMT Risse named interim director of UGA’s Marine Extension Service http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/risse-interim-director-of-MAREX-11312 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:57:25 GMT Researchers help ‘extinct in the wild’ toad return home http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/researchers-help-extinct-in-the-wild-toad-return-home-103112 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:54:02 GMT Researcher treats termites, saves university money, reduces pesticide use http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/researcher-treats-termites-101912 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:30:03 GMT UGA to celebrate sustainability, food with local food forum http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/local-food-forum-101212 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:23:51 GMT Fifth annual community beach sweep slated for Georgia-Florida football weekend http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/fifth-annual-community-beach-sweep-100912 Tue, 9 Oct 2012 19:33:53 GMT Georgia’s network of food hubs connect local farmers, markets http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/georgias-network-of-food-hubs-connect-local-farmers-markets-100512 Fri, 5 Oct 2012 20:56:35 GMT ‘The Lorax’ to spur on participants in UGA’s fourth annual Green Cup Challenge http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/the-lorax-ugas-fourth-annual-green-cup-challenge-100112 Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:19:22 GMT Ecologists to study freshwater sustainability across the Sun Belt http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/ecologists-to-study-freshwater-sustainability-across-the-sun-belt-0927 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:47:46 GMT Workshop at UGA to examine ‘The Future of Food’ http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/workshop-at-uga-to-examine-the-future-of-food-092412 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:36:13 GMT CED Circle Gallery to exhibit photographs of the Altamaha River by James Holland http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/ced-circle-gallery-to-exhibit-photographs-of-the-altamaha-river-by-james-ho Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:38:15 GMT State Botanical Garden offers classes for Certificate in Coastal Native Plants Program http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/sbg-offers-classes-for-certificate-in-coastal-native-plants Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:35:30 GMT UGA sends 38 faculty, student presenters to Ecological Society of America meeting http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-sends-38-faculty-student-presenters-to-ESA-080312 Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:55:49 GMT Tybee government begins planning for rising seas http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/tybee-government-begins-planning-for-rising-seas-080112 Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:39:17 GMT UGA Marine Extension Service and Georgia Sea Grant educate children on marine debris http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/marine-extension-service-and-georgia-sea-grant-educate-children-on-mar Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:45:25 GMT UGA to install Solar Demonstration Project this fall http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-to-install-solar-demonstration-project-this-fall-071812 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:48:49 GMT Georgia shrimper’s turtle excluder device receives national certification http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/turtle-excluder-device-receives-national-certification-062012 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:23:40 GMT UGA to celebrate National Pollinator Week with Brunswick event http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/national-pollinator-week-brunswick-061512 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:24:44 GMT UGA, Georgia Sea Grant help Tybee Island prepare for potentially rising seas http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/tybee-island-potentially-rising-seas-051012 Thu, 10 May 2012 16:31:18 GMT UGA study finds in extinction risk, there’s not always safety in numbers http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-study-extinction-risk-not-always-safety-in-numbers-050812 Tue, 8 May 2012 12:57:12 GMT UGA graduate student wins Singularity University scholarship to grow food indoors http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-graduate-student-wins-singularity-university-scholarship-to-grow-food-i Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:57:37 GMT UGA honors four for creating a more sustainable community http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/2012-sustainable-uga-awards-042412 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:34:25 GMT