Chiminea, a right whale, and her calf off of Cumberland Island, Georgia.
Fourteen calves doesn’t sound like a big number, but when it comes to North Atlantic right whales the most endangered whale on the planet with around 400 individuals left it’s a hopeful figure. “January and February are the peak months for calving, so we are halfway through the season,” says Clay George, a wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources who spearheads whale conservation efforts.
“So far, these numbers are really heartening.”
photo: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute / NOAA permit 20556-01
Champagne and her calf.
Students in the Ogeechee Technical College Fish & Wildlife Management program were featured recently in the Georgia Department of Natural Resources fall volunteer newsletter for constructing large bat boxes for the Evans Public Fishing Area.
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute tracks one of the rarest whales in the world
Research biologists track the right whale
The Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute is tracking one of the rarest whales in the world.
and last updated 2021-01-22 23:22:16-05
CLEARWATER, Fla. â The Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute is tracking one of the rarest whales in the world.
The research institute is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to triple its efforts to save the right whale.
Scientists estimate there are less than 400 right whales remaining. Biologists track and monitor their movements to bring awareness to the species.
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The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Ossabaw Island Foundation offer our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Eleanor “Sandy” Torrey West who died on January 17, 2021 at the age of 108. Both the Georgia DNR and the Ossabaw Island Foundation have worked closely with Ms. West over the past several decades.
Ms. West served as the matriarch of Ossabaw Island, which is made up of 26,000 unspoiled acres of forest, wetlands and beaches on the Georgia coast in Chatham County. Ms. West’s parents purchased the island in 1924 and in 1978, Ms. West and her family sold Ossabaw Island to the state of Georgia. At that time, an executive order established Ossabaw as Georgia’s first heritage preserve, which decrees that the island may only be used f
Ms. Sandy West, The Matriarch Of Ossabaw Island, Remembered Wednesday, January 20, 2021 The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Ossabaw Island Foundation offer their deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Eleanor “Sandy” Torrey West who died on January 17, 2021 at the age of 108. Both the Georgia DNR and the Ossabaw Island Foundation have worked closely with Ms. West over the past several decades. Ms. West served as the matriarch of Ossabaw Island, which is made up of 26,000 unspoiled acres of forest, wetlands and beaches on the Georgia coast in Chatham County. Ms. West’s parents purchased the island in 1924 and in 1978, Ms. West and her family sold Ossabaw Island to the state of Georgia. At that time, an executive order established Ossabaw as Georgia’s first heritage preserve, which decrees that the island may only be used for “natural, scientific and cultural study, research and education, and environmentally sound p