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A 13-year cicada lites on a tree in a Butts Co. home in 2011. CAES News
Ga. history museum wants your alien-sounding bugs 05/12/11 April Reese Sorrow, Sharon Dowdy
A science fiction enthusiast, Mark Hurley thought he had found the mother ship when he heard the sound resonating from the woods surrounding his Butts County home. He was disappointed to find the sound was actually the song of thousands of bugs.
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North American Agroforestry Conference set for June 05/05/11 Sharon Dowdy
Agricultural producers, natural resource professionals and forest and farm landowners should mark their calendars now for the 12th North American Agroforestry Conference set for June 4-9, 2011 at the Georgia Center on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga.
Debris litters the ground and a partial foundation is all that remains where a mobile home once stood in the unincorporated area of Rio in Spalding County, Ga. A tornado hit the area in the early hours of April 28, 2011. CAES News
April weather slammed through Georgia, Southeast 05/05/11 Pam Knox
Three separate waves of severe storms ripped through Georgia last month. Warmer-than-normal temperatures may have contributed to the development of these severe episodes. But most of the state, except far-northern counties, remains drier than normal.
Soil moisture conditions in the southern half of the state are generally at the fifth percentile, meaning the soils at the end of May would be wetter 95 out of 100 years. CAES News
Ga. drought likely to continue or worsen this summer 05/05/11 David E. Stooksbury, Ph.D.
The drought conditions now gripping the southern two-thirds of Georgia are expected to last through the summer, with a chance conditions could worsen through at least the middle of August.
The splintered remains of a tree stand in front of a tornado damaged home off Georgia Highway 92 in Spalding County, Ga. The area was hit by one of many tornadoes that struck central Georgia shortly after midnight on April 28, 2011. CAES News
Prepare now for severe weather 05/05/11 April Reese Sorrow
Fifteen Georgians were among the hundreds who lost their lives last week in the deadly string of tornadoes that tore through the Southeast. Thousands more escaped with little more than their lives as storms left cities in ruins from Texas to Virginia.
A group of students enjoys canoeing on the lake at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, Ga. CAES News
Saturday at The Rock set 05/05/11
Rock Eagle 4-H Center will host Saturday at the Rock on May 21 at 9:30 a.m. at the camp in Eatonton, Ga.
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Landscape professionals workshop set at UGA 05/05/11
A University of Georgia workshop - Between the Flowers and the Gardeners - set for June 15 in Athens, Ga., will help professional landscapers better serve home gardeners. It will be held from 1:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Athens Trial Gardens on the UGA campus.
"Your Southern Garden" host Walter Reeves. CAES News
Vines, irises and houseplants on 'Your Southern Garden' May 7 05/05/11
If you like to propagate plants from cuttings, don’t miss "Your Southern Garden" with Walter Reeves May 7 at noon and 6:30 p.m. on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
UGA Extension offices distribute radon test kits. CAES News
Radon invades homes, silently kills 04/28/11 April Reese Sorrow
Hundreds of non-smokers are diagnosed with lung cancer each year in Georgia. The cause of their cancer could be the air inside their homes. With help from University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, Georgians are learning about the risks of radon and testing their homes for the gas.