A team of Georgia Wildlife biologists had high hopes to study a 28-foot-long humpback whale carcass discovered off the coast of Cumberland Island last month to determine its cause of death. But before they could learn much, a pack of more than ten sharks devoured the carcass within a few days.
The group of migrating North Atlantic Right whales was the largest spotted in years.
The advice comes after last year's rabies outbreak in northwest Georgia.
Technicians wrap up a monitoring session Little St. Simons and Ossabaw Islands.
The Atlanta Coyote Project, which studies the wily canine, opposes Georgia's coyote-hunting contest.
Unusually cold waters along the Georgia coast prompted the request to protect state trout populations.
Georgia's proposal would earmark a portion of sales tax on outdoor gear to funding trails, parks, and other open spaces.
A Georgia DNR helicopter spotted the group on Monday.
The raptors are still rare in natural settings after DDT and egg collecting wiped them out on the East Coast.
A proposed state constitutional amendment would establish a conservation fund for Georgia.
