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St. Mary’s Riverkeeper Anna Laws shows off the clarity of the water at Horsepen Creek. (Photo by Kendra Shafer)

St. Mary’s Riverkeeper Anna Laws shows off the clarity of the water at Horsepen Creek. (Photo by Kendra Shafer)

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A success story for the St. Marys Riverkeeper

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Thursday, March 25, 2021
Kendra Shafer | Special to the Tribune & Georgian Every month, Anna Laws pulls on her waterproof boots and steps out of her SUV parked on the side of a road in rural Camden County.
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PSA to explore more organizational changes

Jill Helton
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Local voters approved a ballot referendum for the Camden County Public Service Authority (PSA) in 2019 to change its organizational structure and add four new members. Now the recreation authority board will be exploring further changes to the board and how it operates.
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Chase ends in arrest

Johna Strickland Rush
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
A need for speed — and weed — led to the arrest of a New York man on Interstate 95 last week for DUI and multiple drug charges. His two passengers were also arrested on drug charges.
Penn State researchers, who continue to monitor the bobcat population on Cumberland Island National Seashore, also conducted a study comparing and contrasting the Cumberland Island bobcats to a population of bobcats on Kiawah Island off the coast of South Carolina. IMAGE: JIM JORDAN/TOWN OF KIAWAH ISLAND

Penn State researchers, who continue to monitor the bobcat population on Cumberland Island National Seashore, also conducted a study comparing and contrasting the Cumberland Island bobcats to a population of bobcats on Kiawah Island off the coast of South Carolina. IMAGE: JIM JORDAN/TOWN OF KIAWAH ISLAND

Unique study of isolated bobcat population confirms accuracy of extinction model

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Thursday, March 18, 2021
By Jeff Mulhollem | Penn State The reintroduction of 32 bobcats to an island off the coast of Georgia more than three decades ago created an ideal experiment to examine the accuracy of a genetic-modeling technique that predicts extinction of isolated wildlife populations.
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Couple indicted in cruelty case

Johna Strickland Rush
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Meeting for the first time in a year, the grand jury indicted a Kingsland couple last week on multiple child cruelty charges for alleged abuse that put a toddler in the hospital last summer.
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Groups host virtual vaccine town hall

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Thursday, March 18, 2021
The Brunswick Chapter of The Links Inc., the Glynn County Health Department/Coastal Health District and Southeast Georgia Health System are partnering to present “Real Talk: A Vaccination Conversation” live on Facebook at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 25.
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Flood risk app shows projections for Camden

Jill Helton
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Camden County's new flood awareness tool — which utilizes user-friendly technology to express floodplain projections for the next 100 years — was unveiled this year just in time for Flood Safety Preparedness Week (March 8-12).
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A friendlier landscape for us all

Johna Strickland Rush
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Sustainable, native landscaping doesn’t have to be wild or overgrown — though you can do that too or reserve some space to leave wild. You can still prune and mow. Native landscaping also isn’t more work or more expensive.