New Georgia Encyclopedia: Land & Resources

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Agriculture

Agriculture in Georgia: Overview

Agribusiness

Commodities

Apples

Blueberries and Strawberries

Companies

W. C. Bradley Company

King and Prince Seafood

W. B. Roddenbery Company

South Georgia Pecan Company

Tom's Foods

Important Agricultural Sites

Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens

Berckmans Nursery

Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton

Flint River Farms Resettlement Community

Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village

Georgia Experiment Station, Griffin

Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter

State Botanical Garden of Georgia

Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition

Institutions Supporting/Promoting Agriculture

Fort Valley State University

Cooperative Extension Service

Fort Valley State University Veterinary Science Program

Small Farmer Outreach Training and Technical Assistance Project

University of Georgia

Cooperative Extension Service

University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Berry College Agricultural Program

Farm Cooperatives

Georgia Department of Agriculture

Georgia Farm Bureau

Georgia 4-H

People

D. W. Brooks (1901-1999)

J. J. Brown (1865-1953)

Benjamin Hunt (1847-1934)

Jesse Jewell (1902-1975)

William Louis Jones (1827-1914)

Raphael Moses (1812-1893)

Hoke Smith (1855-1931)

Malthus Ward (1794-1863)

Henry Clay White (1848-1927)

Jasper Guy Woodroof (1900-1998)

Naomi Chapman Woodroof (1900-1989)

General Topics/Issues

Boll Weevil

Cotton Expositions in Atlanta

Environmental Education

Environment

Conservation and Management

Environmental History

Environmental History of Georgia: Overview

Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

Environmental History of Georgia Mountains

Forest Removal in the Georgia Mountains

Human History of the Okefenokee Swamp

Longleaf Pine Ecosystem

Issues and Problems

Species Extinction and Endangered Species

Urban Sprawl

Policy and Practices

Environmental Policy

Georgia Community Greenspace Program

Reserves and Parks

Waste Management

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund)

Industrial Toxins

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Subtitle C

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Subtitle D

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)

Ecology

Communities and Systems

Caves

Estuaries

Granite Outcrops

Longleaf Pine Ecosystem

Natural History of the Okefenokee Swamp

Water Cycle in Georgia

Wiregrass Georgia

Plants and Animals

American Chestnut

Birds

Butterflies and Moths

Franklin Tree (Franklinia alatamaha)

Freshwater Mollusks

Insects and Spiders

Mammals

Plant Life on Granite Outcrops

Reptiles and Amphibians

Right Whales

Sea Turtles

Education and Research

Gardens, Nature Centers, and Zoos

Birdsong Nature Center

Callaway Gardens

Grand Bay Wetland Education Center

State Botanical Garden of Georgia

Zoo Atlanta

Laboratories and Research Stations

Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

Museums, Schools, and Programs

Environmental Education

Fernbank Museum of Natural History

Fernbank Science Center

Georgia Museum of Natural History

Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology, UGA

Southface Energy Institute

University of Georgia Marine Institute

Organizations

Georgia Botanical Society

Georgia Conservancy

Georgia Ornithological Society

Georgia Wildlife Federation

Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper

People

John Abbot (1751-ca. 1840)

William Bartram in Georgia

Jim Fowler (b. 1930)

LeConte Family

Leon Neel (b. 1927)

Eugene Odum (1913-2002)

Herbert L. Stoddard (1889-1970)

Malthus Ward (1794-1863)

Jane Hurt Yarn (1924-1995)

Geography

Geographic Regions of Georgia: Overview

Coastal Plain and Barrier Islands

Geographic Provinces

Lower Coastal Plain and Coastal Islands

Barrier Islands

Lighthouses of Georgia

Little St. Simons Island

Ossabaw Island

Sapelo Island

Sea Island

St. Catherines Island

Sites and Features

Natural History of the Okefenokee Swamp

Major River Systems

Mountains

Geographic Provinces

Sites and Features

Tallulah Falls and Gorge

Piedmont

Valley and Ridge

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