Great Backyard Bird Count Sets New Records

NEW YORK  - Bird watchers outdid themselves during the 2008 Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, with sponsorship by Wild Birds Unlimited. Participants...
Mar 25, 2008

Earth Talk

Dear EarthTalk: How or where can I recycle clothes that are too old or worn out for Goodwill? -- Tim Cheplick, Perrineville, NJ
Just because that old shirt you used to love is too threadbare to wear anymore...
Mar 24, 2008

Peregrines Likely Nesting in Jocassee Gorges

PICKENS, SC - In what would be only the second documented nesting site in South Carolina in decades, peregrine falcons are apparently nesting in the Jocassee Gorges in northern Pickens County...
Mar 21, 2008

Keep Illness at Bay Over Easter Holiday

COLUMBIA, SC – Too much Easter candy might not be the only cause of your child’s “tummy ache,” the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced March 10, 2008....
Mar 15, 2008

"Web 2.0" Comes to Carolina Bird Club Website

The Carolina Bird Club Wiki site is a place where the birding community served by the Carolina Bird Club can construct an online encyclopedia of birds and birding in the Carolinas. The initial focus...
Feb 18, 2008

Clemson offers Master Wildlifer II

CLEMSON, SC - Master Wildlifer II, an advanced satellite course designed for landowners, land managers and wildlife enthusiasts who want to integrate wildlife into their land-use plans, is scheduled...
Feb 16, 2008

Bass Parasites Cause No Harm to Humans

Unsightly fish parasites reported in bass almost statewide are not harmful to humans, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, and little evidence exists that the parasites cause significant...
Feb 16, 2008

Great Backyard Bird Count February 15

The 11th annual Great Backyard Bird Count will be through Friday, February 15-Monday, February 18. Count birds for as little as 15 minutes on one or more days of the count. Keep track  of the highest number of each species you see at...
Feb 14, 2008

Great Backyard Bird Count Combines Bird Watching, Conservation

What mid-winter activity is fun, easy, free, and helps bird conservation? What can parents and teachers do with children that connect them to a whole new world of natural wonders? From Feb. 15-18, the 11th annual Great Backyard...
Feb 7, 2008

Earth Talk

Dear EarthTalk: What is the status of sharks around the world? I see occasional stories about sharks attacking humans, but on balance aren’t we a lot more brutal to them then they are to us? -- Pam Hitschler, Radnor, PA...
Jan 27, 2008

Creative Inquiry Project Wins State Conservation Award

CLEMSON, SC - A wildlife habitat project on the Clemson University campus has received the Bootsie Manning Wildlife Habitat Conservation Award from the South Carolina Wildlife Federation...
Jan 23, 2008

Drought May have Attracted Pine Beetles

ATHENS, GA - There was a feast in Georgia's Oconee National Forest last year. Southern pine beetles were munching away on weak, old trees. And the drought may have issued the invitation to dinner, a University of Georgia expert says...
Jan 18, 2008

Massive Winter Bird Count Just Weeks Away

Bird watchers across North America are poised to take a real-time snapshot of where the birds are during the 11th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, February 15-18. This year's event calls on birders to "Count for Fun, Count for the Future"...
Jan 16, 2008

SC Duck Stamps Produced by Acclaimed Wildlife Artist

COLUMBIA, SC - Nationally acclaimed wildlife artist Jim Killen’s print, "Blue-winged Teal at Santee Coastal Reserve," chosen by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources as the 2008 South Carolina Duck Stamp print..
Jan 14, 2008

Biologists Monitor Emerging Waterfowl, Raptor Disease

Wildlife biologists and park rangers are continuing to monitor area reservoirs and lakes for signs of avian vacuolar myelinopathy (AVM), a disease that primarily affects waterfowl and raptors. Biologists are concerned with the emergence of AVM in S.C., but note an 8.5% increase in eagle nesting per year since surveys were first initiated 30 years ago...
Jan 10, 2008