How much water is enough? UGA research helps balance needs for the Flint

The River Basin Center and American Rivers collaborate with local water utilities and others in South Metro Atlanta and Central Georgia to balance upstream needs for drinking water with downstream needs for wildlife, recreation and agriculture.

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Locke earns Master’s Fellow Award

Ecology grad student Devon Locke received the Graduate School’s Master’s Fellows Award.

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UGA ecologists document two new species of bass

Bartram’s and Altamaha bass are now officially distinct species, thanks to research led by Bud Freeman.

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Spencer, Butler Fellowships awarded to new Odum grad students

Two master’s students and one Ph.D. student join the Odum School of Ecology with fellowships.

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University of Georgia, Spelman College and Georgia Gwinnett College to study knowledge community’s watershed health

The Odum School is part of an interdisciplinary research project focused on sustainable watershed development at a 2,000-acre site along Highway 316 in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

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Summer jobs: Faculty, students use break to hit the field

Grad student Aurora Fowler is featured in a photo essay about summer field work from UGA’s Office of Research.

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RBC affiliate brings wastewater professionals together to talk septic

Wastewater experts joined Krista Capps to examine issues surrounding Georgia’s decentralized, aging and poorly maintained wastewater infrastructure.

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Endangered minnow rallies conservationists in race to save laurel dace

Odum School graduate students Christian Swartzbaugh and Mackenzi Hallmark are working with the Tennessee Aquarium and local residents to save an endangered minnow that only lives in a few streams in southeastern Tennessee.

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New study shows alligators aren’t all that’s lurking in Georgia’s swamps

New research from Jeb Byers, Ben Parrott and Kristen Zemaitis (MS ’23) uncovers increased levels of mercury in the state’s swamps.

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Finding where freshwater shrimp fit into the food web

Grad student and Spencer Fellow Justin Jimawo is studying Eastern grass shrimp to understand how they fit into the food web.

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