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Beautiful rivers don't have doghouses, old trucks Posted on 10/30/03 by Mike Isbell

Don't think for a moment that the junk the Rivers Alive volunteers cleaned out of West Point Lake came downstream from Heard County. Heard County had its own Rivers Alive cleanup.

Antidepressants delay fish, frog development Posted on 10/29/03 by Cat Holmes

Researchers at the University of Georgia have found that low-level exposure to a common class of antidepressants found in streams and ponds delays both development in fish and metamorphosis in frogs.

Cogongrass: The new kudzu Posted on 10/27/03 by Sharon Omahen

Move over, kudzu -- there's a new weed around, and it's headed our way. Cogongrass, an invasive weed, is being called the new weed to reckon with by weed scientists across the Southeast.

Researchers track greenhouse gases in forests Posted on 10/23/03 by Dan Rahn, Sharon Omahen

Monique Leclerc and Anandakumar Karipot don't discuss global warming. They help measure it. Specifically, they're building the tools to measure the flow of greenhouse gases. This month, they're starting a three-year study in Southeastern forest canopies with a $603,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Center to help farmers, landowners pool resources Posted on 10/23/03 by Brad Haire

A new center wants to show agricultural and land-based ventures in rural southwest Georgia how to gain economic might by pooling their resources.

Researchers out to improve Third World grain crop Posted on 10/23/03 by Cat Holmes

Years of research have gone into America’s “amber waves of grain.” Genetic advances are responsible for crop yields up to five times higher than 50 years ago. But little has been done for staple grains in developing countries. As a result, some of the world’s poorest farmers grow the least amount of grain. A University of Georgia researcher is out to change that.

Preserve Halloween pumpkin for holiday cooking Posted on 10/23/03 by

Instead of carving a face in your Halloween pumpkin, make it do double duty. Use nontoxic paint or marker pens to create a jack-o'-lantern face instead, and then harvest the vegetable after the holiday.

Hollies durable, popular in Georgia landscapes Posted on 10/16/03 by Bob Westerfield

We usually think of hollies as small trees that give us Christmas color with their red berries and green, spiny leaves. But many hollies are nothing like that.

Hollies offer many shapes, sizes, textures, colors Posted on 10/16/03 by Bob Westerfield

Among the most durable and versatile plants in the landscape, hollies offer a kaleidoscope of shapes, sizes, textures and colors. Here are a few of the best choices.

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