By David Pendered Nov. 17 – Climate change is at the center of the Tree Resiliency Plan enacted Oct. 1 by the coastal city of Brunswick, Ga. “Climate change is the main driver for many of the threats to Brunswick’s urban forest,” is the first sentence in the plan’s section titled, “Assessing Threats to Brunswick’s […]
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No peace: Turtles, whales, dredgingBy David Pendered Aug. 2 – No black letter law guides the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decisions over how to balance the reproductive schedules of sea turtles and North American right whales with the calendars of dredging companies that help keep Georgia’s ports open for business. The animals’ reproductive schedules leave about a dozen weeks […]