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Bat-killing disease migrating south

...a spokesperson for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.Bats don't have the best PR, said Trina Morris, a wildlife biologist with the state Department of Natural Resources. A lot of people, she said, needlessly fear bats."I think they're...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-05-04/bat-killing-disease-migrating-south
Are pythons invading Georgia?

Georgia wildlife biologists felt a little thrill of fear when they saw a news item out of south Georgia last month.Two men saw an 11-foot Burmese python...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-07/are-pythons-invading-georgia
Aggressive wild turkey near Bogart, Ga.,had to be "disposed of"

...the Jackson County case is unusual, it is not completely unique, said Lynn Lewis-Weis, the NWTF's regional wildlife biologist for Georgia."We usually hear of one or two aggressive turkey reports a year, give or take, but it's normally...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/outdoors/rob-pavey/2012-12-21/aggressive-wil
Bald eagle sightings down at Thurmond Lake but increasing at SRS

...helicopter Jan. 11 and saw 14 eagles ? four adults and 10 immature birds, said Tracy Grazia, the supervisory wildlife biologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Savannah River Forest Service office.Both surveys were conducted...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-01/bald-eagle-sightings-down-thu
Fort Gordon to hold briefing on hunting, fishing changes

...coyotes."This was a main topic at the Southeastern Deer Study Group's meeting this year in Florida," said post wildlife biologist Steve Camp, who will discuss coyote strategies ? and other wildlife management changes ? at a public meeting Tuesday...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/outdoors/2012-08-11/fort-gordon-hold-briefin
Researchers study Georgia bears

...we're missing that we'll get from this study is an overall population estimate," said Bobby Bond, a senior wildlife biologist and specialist on Middle Georgia's bears for the DNR.The previous study gave some seasonal population estimates...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/outdoors/2012-05-26/researchers-study-georgi
Elk experiment in Smokies popular with tourists

...animals, counting those elk both inside and outside of National Park boundaries," said National Park Service wildlife biologist Joe Yarkovich, in a recent status report provided by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's Savannah River chapter...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/outdoors/2012-09-01/elk-experiment-smokies-p
Turkey population grows at SRS

...310-square-mile site, like much of the South, lost its turkey population to development, overhunting and land use changes.Wildlife biologist Mike Caudell remembers the first cautious steps to re-establish the species in the 1970s."There were virtually...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/outdoors/2012-04-28/turkey-population-grows-
Mild spring brings more snake sightings

...telescoped into a two-month period, and this year that's three to four months," he said.Thomas Floyd, a wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, said low rainfall also contributed to more snake sightings...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-05-21/mild-spring-brings-more-snake
Yellow jackets' ability to sting repeatedly keeps doctors busy

...once-rare birds are continuing to make a comeback."Over 2,000 is still a strong nesting year in Georgia," wildlife biologist Tim Keyes said. "This bird in Georgia is still doing just fine."Wood storks were listed as endangered in the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/outdoors/rob-pavey/2011-06-25/yellow-jackets