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In the Tides CREW

Issue No. 72 August 2021

Publisher/Editor Amy Thurman amy@southerntidesmagazine.com

7 Editor's Note

Consulting Naturalist John "Crawfish" Crawford crawfish@uga.edu

9 Around the Reef 11 The Riverkeeper Report

The Bitter End Columnist Captain J. Gary "Gator" Hill theoriginalcaptaingator@gmail.com

13 Fishing News 15 Pandemic Impact on Boating

Around the Reef Columnist Michelle Riley michelle.riley@noaa.gov Contributors

16 Featured Artist: Chris Walker 23 Give Wildlife a Chance Contest

Portia Miller Gray's Reef Nat'l. Marine Sanctuary

23 Birding Art Contest Winners 25 Lawyers, Guns & Money

Meaghan Gerard Ogeechee Riverkeeper

26 Fishing for a Career

Emily Kenworthy UGA Marine Extension & GA Sea Grant

28 Community Updates 30 The Bitter End

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Black sea bass over live coral in Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Researchers aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster are currently conducting research at the Reef.

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magazine listing all the historic sites in coastal Georgia. One I plan to explore soon is the Savannah Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center, in Chatham County. I’m also looking forward to visiting Ashantilly Center in McIntosh County, and a whole list of others. History is what got us where we are today and there’s always something to be learned from it.

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There are countless fishing charter options in every coastal county and most of them will put you on the fish and teach you a few things in the process. You can find tours or instruction in kayaking or stand-up paddleboarding, rent either of those or even a boat, or go on an eco-tour, such as with our naturalist, Crawfish, or our Bitter End columnist, Captain Gator, each of whom is a wealth of knowledge.

Whatever outdoor activities you prefer, there are options on our 100-mile coastline. Summer isn’t over! Get out there and enjoy the coast has to offer!

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ublic service announcement: Summer isn’t over yet!

Yes, the kids have gone back to school, but we still have a couple months of weekends with good weather and water warm enough to enjoy without fear of hypothermia. And with busy schedules resuming, making time on the weekends to get outside, away from devices and into nature, is even more important.

Here are some ideas to get you started: Take a Saturday morning beach walk. The beaches are less crowded in the mornings and cooler. Look for shells, bits of driftwood, enjoy the sea breeze, or just let your mind wander. If you have kids, this also presents an opportunity to instill some good habits, like not leaving your trash behind and picking up stray bits of trash you come across. Also in not taking shells that are still inhabited or living sea life such as sand dollars or sea stars.

Go for a morning boat ride or an evening paddle and do a little nature watching – birds, dolphins, jumping fish. Maybe you’ll even get lucky and spot a sea turtle or a manatee. Whether you take a short trip in your local creek or river, or make a day of it and explore the Okefenokee Swamp or one of our barrier islands, being on the water at eye level with nature is always good.

Go fishing. Even if you’re not an experienced fisherman, you can find multiple local fishing reports online with tips and tricks, and any bait and tackle shop will be happy to give you plenty of pointers. You might even catch your dinner. Or go throw a cast net and see what you pull up – this time of year you’re unlikely to haul up an empty net.

Take a walk in the woods. Every coastal Georgia county has some sort of outdoor area you can explore: state parks, nature preserves, or wildlife management areas, to name a few. Find one, fill your water jug, arm yourself with bug repellent, and head out. I highly recommend Thermacell for keeping your immediate space free of hungry flying critters. Just remember to keep an eye out for snakes – don’t let them deter you from getting outside, just be smart about watching where you put your feet and paying attention to your surroundings. And a good pair of snake boots wouldn’t hurt.

Explore the history in your area. If you’re a history buff, you’re in the right place. I could probably fill every page of this August 2021

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Top image of Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, in McIntosh County. Bottom image, kayaking on a foggy morning in the Okefenokee Swamp.

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After 36 years as owners of Sail Harbor Marina and Boatyard, Richard and Beverly Long are pleased to announce their retirement!

They would like to thank their crew, the many boaters who have docked at Sail Harbor over the years, and the coastal community, for many happy years.

The Longs would also like to wish Development Associates and manager Rory Jose the best of luck with Savannah Marina, the new marina complex in development.

Cheers to 36 Years!

Around the Reef

from the Indo-Pacific Ocean, are expert survivors with almost no natural predators. Lionfish can out-compete native species for food and space. To control their population, divers led by the sanctuary’s Georgia Sea Grant Fellow, Alexi Archer, will search for lionfish that are near Gray’s Reef and collect them. Archer will compile written records of their findings to help scientists better understand these invasive animals’ habits.

Some potential threats are a bit more subtle. This year, Master’s student Savannah Geiger from Savannah State University is studying the distribution of microplastics in the reef, which are bits of plastic, five millimeters long or less. Microplastics can come from all sorts of places, such as larger ocean debris or beauty products like bath gels. Little is currently known about the dangers of microplastics, but understanding their abundance and structure can give scientists a leg up in the future.

The Nancy Foster Research Expedition scientists are excited to get back to the reef, and their hard work is showing in this year’s round of experiments. We look forward to their findings, which guide us in protecting the wonders of Gray’s Reef for the future. To learn more about this year’s expedition, visit the Gray’s Reef website at graysreef.noaa.gov and check out our Facebook page at facebook. com/graysreefsanctuary.

By Portia Miller Communications Intern Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

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ho doesn’t enjoy summer out at sea? After a missed year, scientists from Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary and beyond are ready to embark again on the annual Nancy Foster Research Expedition. However, this isn’t a leisurely cruise. The scientists will work day and night running new experiments along with ongoing projects to learn more about Gray’s Reef and its creatures. This year, the expedition runs from Aug. 7 to Aug. 18. Let’s dive in!

The journey begins at a port in Charleston, SC, where scientists from Gray’s Reef, other NOAA offices, research organizations, and universities board the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster to conduct the expedition. With nearly 200 feet of space, the ship can house multiple scientists and their tools. The ship has its own set of equipment too, which makes it shine – especially in its mapping abilities. The main method used on the Nancy Foster for mapping, which creates a 3D picture of the ocean floor, is the multibeam sonar system. Under careful use by trained NOAA crew members, the sonar system sends out multiple sound waves below the boat in a fan-like pattern.

The time it takes for the beams to hit the bottom of the ocean and return to the sensors determines seafloor depth and reveals the seabed’s shape. Another important component, called backscatter, measures how strong the returning sound waves are. Backscatter can determine what the seafloor is made of since some materials, like rocks, reflect more sound than sand reflects. The expedition’s Chief Scientist is Kimberly Roberson, the sanctuary’s research coordinator and ecologist. She and Gray’s Reef ’s geospatial data analyst, Alison Soss, will be working with NOAA survey technicians and NOAA Corps officers to create a detailed habitat map of the reef using the ship’s mapping technology. The map will help them visualize and understand the reef ’s hard bottom environment and assist in identifying similar areas nearby.

Some of the more hands-on excitement comes from studying the sanctuary’s marine life, which means scientists must get their feet wet! Roberson and Soss will experience this firsthand. The pair will put on their heavy scuba gear and dive underwater to observe some of the animals that call the reef home. With a water-proof clipboard in hand, they’ll survey the number of fish and spineless creatures, known as invertebrates, found in selected areas of the sanctuary. While much of their work revolves around Gray’s Reef ’s designated Research Area (RA), this year’s survey takes them outside of RA bounds, where they’ll analyze fish distribution and habitat characteristics throughout the waters. Other projects, such as Georgia Southern University professors Dr. Craig Aumack and Dr. Risa Cohen’s assessment of algae, require divers to carefully collect samples from the bottom of the reef. Once divers get a chance to dry off, they’ll send their specimens to the boat’s laboratories to investigate and document what they’ve found. These projects are vital to understanding the ecology of Gray’s Reef and help sanctuary managers make informed decisions.

Discovering new information about the reef can be fascinating, but monitoring threats is also a focus of the missions. These threats come from many sources, including other creatures of the sea. Divers and researchers aboard the Nancy Foster work each year to catch, examine, and remove the invasive lionfish. These fish, originally August 2021

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For Information contact Michelle Riley: michelle.riley@noaa.gov

Above: NOAA Ship Nancy Foster, underway.

Photo by Ens. Conor Maginn/NOAA Below: Alicia Reigel collecting coral samples at Gray's Reef.

Photo by Executive Officer Faith Knighton

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The Riverkeeper Report C

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hris Bertrand has been named the new Satilla Riverkeeper. He grew up in Alpharetta, Ga., splashing around in backyard creeks. His passion for protecting the environment began in the Boy Scouts and his love and interest in protecting the environment has grown since. He recently spent time near the Satilla watershed while backpacking on Cumberland Island and canoeing in the Okefenokee.

In college, he worked at the Chattahoochee Nature Center teaching middle and high school students how to be good stewards of the Chattahoochee River. As a canoe instructor, he learned of the importance of water quality firsthand as he often had to cancel river trips due to unsafe levels of E. coli in the river. His interest in protecting clean water and wild places drove him to attend law school at UGA, focusing on environmental law. This summer, he is working to draft a bill with The Nature Conservancy for the Georgia General Assembly.

“The Satilla River is an amazing resource and together we can ensure that it can be enjoyed for generations to come,” says Bertrand. “I am eager to meet all of you, and I look forward to spending time paddling, fishing, and hanging out on the river with you."

avannah Riverkeeper, with partners Ogeechee Riverkeeper and the Phinizy Center for Water Sciences, is excited to announce the launch of Know Your River.

Combining more than 6000 data points along the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers, Know Your River is a powerful resource that brings multi-state, and multi-agency water data together in one place.

Know Your River uses information gathered by federal and state agencies along with trained and recognized civilian water science organizations to generate easy-to-navigate, selectable layer data maps, freely accessible to anyone.

From real-time water levels, up-to-date water quality details, tracking tributaries, finding a publicly accessible boat launch, hunting down a spot to hunt on public land, to researching the latest on federally tracked contaminated and hazardous sites along the waterways, Know Your River online at knowyourriver.com is the site to search first.

A smartphone app is in the final stages of production and will soon accompany this powerful data resource.

While the first phase of Know Your River only includes the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers, it is the hope that future funding will allow the incorporation of other waterways.

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he mouth of the St. Marys River has been the center of attention recently due the June 9 grounding, abandonment, and disintegration of the shrimp boat Catharine Lane. The commercial shrimp boat was run solidly aground at the North Jetty near Cumberland Island Seashore across from Ft. Clinch, and boat owners were fortunately rescued by a passing fisherman. The U.S. Coast Guard removed fuel from the boat before it broke apart, but subsequent wreckage continues to disperse unchecked in local waters.

If the boat had run aground a few meters to the south, it would have been in Florida, where the state legislature just passed a tough new law giving agencies greater funding and authority to prevent and salvage abandoned and derelict vessels. But the Catharine Lane wrecked on the Georgia side, where the legislation and funding designated for abandoned vessels is non-existent today.

According to the GADNR, more than 130 abandoned or derelict shrimp boats, barges, cranes and recreational boats litter the tidal water bottoms and coasts of the state, creating a hazard for boaters and wildlife. In the case of Catharine Lane, no one knows what happened to the giant nets on the shrimp boat. Are they still down in the water ensnaring turtles and other wildlife?

With no program in place, the state of Georgia is trying to figure out what to do instead of taking action, and now, more than a month later, it’s still impossible to get answers.

According to NOAA, "Georgia law does not indicate who is responsible for the removal of the vessel once determined that it meets requirements for being abandoned."

Georgia should take a hint from its neighbor to the south and be prepared for boating disasters. St. Marys Riverkeeper encourages Georgia lawmakers to revisit and fund the Derelict Vessel Fund which was defunded in 2008.

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aggie Van Cantfort loves nature. Her pursuit of a life and career well-lived in service to nature and community has led her on an incredible journey - from starting as a zoo intern on St. Catherine's Island through many years working as a science educator in forests, on farms, and in classrooms in the southeast, midwest, Pacific coast, and Alaska, to now becoming Watershed Specialist for Altamaha Riverkeeper.

The compass guiding Maggie’s journey has always been protecting and enjoying our natural environment and working to ensure that all people can do the same. She believes that access to clean water is a basic right for all beings and that we must all contribute to being effective caretakers of our natural resources.

Raised in middle Georgia, with a master's degree in science education from Piedmont College and a bachelor's degree from UGA, Maggie's roots throughout Georgia provide a strong foundation of relationship building across the state.

Maggie loves being on the water; especially on the Georgia coast where she gets just as excited as a kid going to Disney World every time she sees dolphins, manatees, or sea turtles. When not paddling, she attempts to grow food and play bangolele.

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What to Use: For channel and white catfish, fisheries biologists recommend 8- to 14-pound test line and medium-sized hooks (size 2 to 1/0) under a bobber or fished on the bottom. Best baits for channel, bullheads and white catfish are worms, liver, live minnows, shrimp, cut bait and stink bait.

To land a large blue or flathead catfish, heavy tackle is a must – large spinning or casting tackle with at least 20 to 50-pound test braid or monofilament line, large hooks (3/0 to 8/0), and heavy weights (1-5 oz) to keep bait on the bottom. Flatheads are ambush predators that prey heavily upon fish, so live or freshly killed fish used as bait will increase your chances. Similarly, freshly caught gizzard shad increases your chances of reeling in a giant blue catfish.

More info on other methods and regulations can be found in the 2020 Georgia Sportfishing Regulations Book found at georgiawildlife.com/fishing/angler-resources.

Where to Look: In general, anglers should target rocky shorelines, rip-rap areas, points and outside bends of rivers or the submerged river channel. Catfish will stay in deep areas or “holes” during the day before roaming the shallows at night for food. When fishing rivers during the day, anglers should look to deep holes containing rocky or woody cover. During dawn, dusk and at night, anglers should concentrate on shallow sandbars, flats, and shoals near the deep holes fished during the day. Catfish, especially flatheads, love holding near downed trees, so look for these on outside bends.

Georgia’s Public Fishing Areas (georgiawildlife.com/allpfas) are great places to target catfish, especially as most of them are open 24 hours a day year-round. Looking for additional locations? Check out the Fishing Forecasts webpage at georgiawildlife.com/fishing-forecasts.

When to Go: Though most species of catfish are active throughout the day, the best summer fishing is at dusk and during the night.

Catfish can be caught year-round, with the best bite typically from early spring through the peak of summer. Be prepared to fish multiple areas and if you don’t get a bite within 30 minutes, just try another until you find some fish.

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atch five different black bass species and you have a Georgia Bass Slam! This program recognizes anglers with the knowledge and skill to catch different species of bass in a variety of habitats across the state, while also stimulating interest in the conservation and management of black bass and their habitats, according to the Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division (WRD).

Georgia’s 10 recognized native black bass species are largemouth, smallmouth, shoal, Suwannee, spotted, redeye, Chattahoochee, Tallapoosa, Altamaha and Bartram’s. Anglers can find out more about these eligible bass species, including images, location maps and more at www.bassslam.com.

How can you participate? To qualify for the Georgia Bass Slam, fish must be caught within a calendar year, must be legally caught on waters where you have permission to fish, and anglers must provide some basic information on the catch (length, weight-if available, county and waterbody where caught) accompanied by several photos of each fish. Anglers will submit information to georgia.bassslam@dnr.ga.gov for verification.

Complete rules posted at www.bassslam.com.

What is your reward? Well, besides bragging rights among all the anglers and non-anglers you know, you will receive a certificate worthy of framing, two Go Fish Education Center passes, and some fantastic and fun stickers (for vehicle windows/bumpers) to advertise your achievement. Anglers also will be recognized on the WRD website, at the Go Fish Education Center (www.

GoFishEducationCenter.com), and possibly through a variety of social media platforms. In addition, all successful submissions will go into a drawing for an annual grand prize!

More info at georgiawildlife.com/fishing/anglerawards and at www.bassslam.com.

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ove catfish? Georgia’s public waterways are home to several species of catfish, including channel, white, blue, flathead and bullheads (consisting of several similar species – yellow, brown, snail, spotted and flat). While you may not catch them often, the larger species, like flathead catfish, can sometimes reach monster weights in excess of 100 pounds – and that’s no tall fish tale!

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Pandemic Impact on Boating

A dive into the 2020 U.S. Coast Guard boating safety statistics reveal how the pandemic affected boating in ways just beginning to be understood.

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he U.S. Coast Guard recently released the 2020 Recreational Boating Statistics, and reports of accidents, fatalities and injuries were significantly up over the prior year. While still under review, the Coast Guard believes that the primary driving factor for the significant increase in deaths was the significant increase in boating activity. The nonprofit BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water looks at some select data points in the report and offers some lessons for the future, long after America has put the pandemic in the rearview mirror.

A change in the top five reasons for accidents: In 2020, the top five reported contributing factors in accidents were 1. operator inattention, 2. operator inexperience, 3. improper lookout, 4. excessive speed and 5. machinery failure. “Machinery failure,” at number five on the list, is new for 2020. While it is only a single data point, it likely indicates that a well-maintained boat is also a safer vessel. “One could reasonably assume that first-time boat owners are understandably inexperienced in boat maintenance, and some boat owners likely had difficulty getting service during the pandemic,” said BoatUS Foundation President Chris Edmonston.

He also noted that, “With the limited manufacturer supply of new boats available, some older, less seaworthy boats were probably on the water that otherwise would not have been.”

Operator inattention and improper lookout never change: Some may attribute the No. 1 and No. 3 reasons for accidents in 2020 solely to first-time boat owners, perhaps giving more experienced boaters a “pass.” However, to do so would be a mistake. These two factors have remained consistent across many years of Coast Guard reporting indicating perhaps, for experienced boaters, there is always room to improve boating safety.

Carrying more passengers aboard: In 2020, the Coast Guard Report noted 5,265 accidents, 767 deaths and 3,191 injuries. That represents a one-year increase of 26%, 25% and 25% respectively.

While not directly acknowledged in the report, Edmonston notes that when boats did head out in 2020, they did so not only with more frequency but also with more passengers aboard. “In 2020, boating provided the respite that many families needed, and no one August 2021

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The increase in boating activity in 2020 had a significant effect on boating safety.

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was left at home alone on Saturday. With more aboard, however, there is likely an increase in the potential for injuries in any single accident.”

The access and congestion issues: Another effect of the pandemic was the temporary loss of waterway access, as some states and localities were driven by public health concerns to reduce park or launch ramp staff. “Limiting access increased congestion and user conflict in the vicinity of those remaining open,” said Edmonston. “What we have learned is that like many other pandemic-affected outdoor activities, we need to find ways to keep access open. Perhaps technology, such as automated access, could help in the future.”

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Many of artist Chris Walker's projects begin with sketches, like this alligator, shown here as the initial sketch (right), in progress (above) and the finished work below, measuring ten feet long by three and a half feet high.

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Coastal Inspiration

Artist Chris Walker “I had come to a place where I was meant to be. I don’t mean anything so prosaic as a sense of coming home. This was different, very different. It was like arriving at a place much safer than home.” Pat Conroy

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hris and Susie Walker have found home. A place where Spanish moss sways in the wind from the branches of live oaks, the moorhens can be heard cackling in the distance and the salty sweet smell of molasses comes from the marsh. These are the sights, sounds and smells that inspire local Sunbury artist Chris Walker.

You may have seen his murals driving down Ford Avenue in Richmond Hill – a Henry Ford era iceberg lettuce shipping label painted in 2007. More recently a vintage looking postcard mural welcoming visitors on the side of Charlie Grainger’s, the Ford Trimotor plane mural with an inspirational quote on the Exclusive Engravings building, or two murals in J.F. Gregory Park. In addition to murals, Chris’s paintings and sculptures can be found in many low country homes and estates along the coast.

Originally from Savannah, Chris hasn’t always lived in the land that inspires his work. He spent many years moving across the state of Georgia while honing his craft. After graduating with a BFA in illustration from the Ringling School of Art & Design, Chris settled in the foothills of the North Georgia mountains, working for one of the nation’s leading producers of fine, hand-painted furniture.

Always lingering in his mind, Chris missed the coast desperately.

In 2003 he was given an opportunity that would put his skills to the test. A builder at the prestigious Ford Field and River Club called Chris to faux finish some walls and paint a mural in a custom home. Within a few weeks of the project’s completion, the phone was ringing with one job after another, and continued like this for years, leading to his return to his beloved coast.

Chris and Susie met several years ago, at a cemetery of all places!

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was during a cleanup of a cemetery in Sugar Hill, Ga., that the two met and became friends. They had a lot in common: the outdoors, automobiles and working with their hands. Susie and Chris traveled to the coast working on projects together, including the installation of a 60-piece sculpture at a residence on Tybee Island and painting faux finishes for Savannah florist John Davis.

Eventually the two tied the knot on Tybee. By the fall of 2019, the couple began looking at homes, dreaming of a place on the coast. Chris recalls the day he found a home in the historic village of Sunbury. He took a video of the home at night, sent it to Susie and said, “This is it!”. It wasn’t until after closing that Susie saw the house for the first time! Luckily for him, she loved the home, nestled along dirt roads with a view of the Medway River, stately live oaks and coastal breezes.

Susie is a master gardener and it didn’t take long to get her hands in the sandy soil. Her love of plants has transformed the once barren yard. The Walker’s work can be seen throughout the home: custom oil paintings, textiles printed with Chris’s artwork and a mural of Sunbury-inspired toile in the guest bath. Hand painted vintage signs based on local attractions (some long gone, like Chico’s Monkey Farm) hang on the exterior garage wall.

The couple purchased the lot next door with a vision to expand and build a guest house and an art studio where they’ll continue to collaborate. The studio will house a plasma cutter and mig welder, along with a wheel and kiln for Susie’s pottery. The couple envision a gathering spot for neighbors, friends and other local artists inspired by the surroundings. A home that was meant to be.

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Above: Iron and epoxy mixed media sculptures modeled after lowcountry flora and fauna that are actually found on each client's property.

Below: Two steps in the process of creating a mural of Henry Ford (center) meeting with J.F. Gregory (right), the superintendent of Ford Plantation. The finished mural can be seen in J.F. Gregory Park, in Richmond Hill. Ford is holding a piece of plastic created from corn. There's a plaque with more of the story beside the mural.

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Chris does highly detailed paintings of fish, including this sheepshead (left) and redbreast sunfish (right).

Sketch and finished work for a local resident that features in a larger map of the Georgia coast.

Scenic vistas of our coastal Georgia creeks and marshlands, on left is "Bend in the Creek," a view from Colonel's Island. On right is a scene from Isle of Hope.

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The pencil sketch of how Chris envisioned the wall mural in this coastal home (left). Above, a larger image of the Brittany spaniel in the painting. At right, Chris works on a quail in the far left of the mural.

This map of early St. Simons Island prior to development was created using a technique featuring Geso plaster over burlap.

Above left: Commissioned for a local vet practice owner.

Above right: Painted during covid, this mural features Ford's trimotor plane and an inspirational quote. Mural is on the side of Exclusive Engravings in Richmond Hill.

A studio shot of Chris at work on a large painting of oysters on copper panel.

You can check out more of Chris’s artwork on his Facebook page at C. N. Walker Designs, or on his website at www.cnwalkerdesigns.com.

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A whimsical piece for a client on Skidaway Island who wanted something for a child's playroom. It was inspired by a mural at the Reynold's Mansion on Sapelo Island.

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our budding bird artists have been selected as T-shirt Art Contest winners in Georgia’s 15th annual Youth Birding Competition.

A loggerhead shrike drawing by Owen Li, an 11th-grader at SKA Academy of Art and Design in Duluth, led the contest’s 155 entries from 47 public, private and home schools statewide. As the grand-prize winner, the 16-year-old will receive a $100 Amazon gift card and have his artwork featured on T-shirts at the 2021 Youth Birding Competition.

The art contest is part of the annual birding competition, in which teams of children and teens try to find as many bird species as possible across Georgia in 24 hours. The fun, free bird-a-thon is set for Sept. 24-25 and includes an awards banquet at Indian Springs State Park’s Idlewilde Event Center in Flovilla. The deadline for teams to register is Aug. 13.

The art contest entry by Li also led the High School division.

Other division winners included: • Primary (pre-K through second grade): eastern bluebird by Lillian Tucker, 6, homeschooler in Doerun.

• Elementary (third-fifth grade): sedge wren by Aleena Huang, 11, from SKA Academy of Art and Design in Duluth.

• Middle School (sixth-eighth grade): eastern screech owl by Angela Kim, 13, from SKA Academy of Art and Design.

The other division winners will each receive a $50 Amazon gift card.

Art contest coordinator Linda May praised participants and stressed that the focus “isn’t just about art.”

“It’s about teaching kids to observe and connect with nature,” said May, outreach coordinator for DNR’s Wildlife Conservation Section. “Birds are a great focus since they’re beautiful, fun to watch and easy to find.”

All T-shirt Art Contest entries will be displayed online and division winners honored during the awards banquet Sept. 25 at Indian Springs State Park. The winner of the best artwork by a birding team participant also will be revealed at the banquet.

The birding competition and T-shirt Art Contest are sponsored

by DNR’s Wildlife Conservation Section, TERN – friends group of the Wildlife Conservation Section – and others including the Georgia Ornithological Society and the Atlanta and Albany Audubon societies.

Drawing by fifth-grader Alfonzo Mitchell Photo by Audrey Stadler/State Botanical Garden of Georgia

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eorgia teachers and students, grades K-5, are invited to celebrate wildlife through art by participating in the 32nd annual Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest.

The goal of this competition is to generate knowledge of and appreciation for Georgia’s biological diversity. The popular initiative is sponsored by the GADNR, the State Botanical Garden of Georgia and The Environmental Resources Network (TERN), friends group of DNR’s Wildlife Conservation Section.

The 2021-2022 theme – Nature’s Fascinating Engineers – highlights the amazing engineering feats performed by native animals and plants. Beavers build dams, birds make nests, dandelions produce parachute-like seeds and gopher tortoises dig burrows.

These structures help species survive, and they are often imitated by humans through biomimicry.

As inspiration for their artwork, students can look for plants, birds and other wildlife in their backyard or schoolyard. Even if neighborhood greenspace is scarce, there’s always a world of insects and plants that can be found and observed.

After creating artwork based on this year’s theme and according to contest rules, participants will enter their drawings and paintings at the local school level. Top school-level entries then proceed to the state contest at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens. First-, second- and third-place winners will be chosen for four divisions: kindergarten, first and second grade, third and fourth grade, and fifth grade. The deadline for schools to submit digital photos of state-level entries is April 8, 2022.

The top 12 state-level winners’ artwork will be showcased on the DNR Wildlife Resources Division and State Botanical Garden social media sites. Also, as a special perk, each state-level winner’s teacher and one parent will be eligible to receive a free DNR wildlife license plate, courtesy of TERN. For contest rules, awards, entry forms and other information, visit georgiawildlife.com/PosterContest.

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Fishing for a Career

By Emily Kenworthy Public Relations Coordinator UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant

McIver left the business in 2012, which has become a common theme in the industry over the last several decades. There were 1,400 trawling license holders in 1979. Today there are just over 200. Those who remain despite increasing operating costs, cheaper imported shrimp, regulatory changes, and fewer working waterfronts are having trouble finding qualified help to work on the boats.

University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant is partnering with McIntosh County Academy and Coastal Pines Technical College on a dual-enrollment program that teaches high school students about safety at sea, basic navigation and seamanship, common commercial fishing practices, and an overview of fisheries science and management.

McIver and Bryan Fluech, associate director of UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, helped develop course materials for the career pathway program and are serving as guest instructors.

So far, they have taught students how to mend and sew nets that are used on shrimp trawlers and led the class on a trip using nets of different lengths and mesh size to demonstrate how to select the

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erbert McIver, better known as Truck, grew up working on the water alongside his father who was a commercial shrimper out of McIntosh County, Georgia.

McIver, now a marine resources specialist at UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, spent 40 years in the shrimping industry, working his way up from deck crew to captain of his own boat.

“Shrimping was a family affair,” he said. “I started working when I was 9 or 10 years old, going out with him and heading shrimp on the back of the boat.”

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Opposite page: Herbert (Truck) McIver teaches students from McIntosh County Academy about different types of equipment used on commercial fishing vessels.

Right: Students learning to use a seine net as part of the fishing careers course.

right gear. The class also participated in a series of outreach trawls aboard Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant’s R/V Georgia Bulldog where they learned how to sort and identify fish.

“We’re giving students actual hands-on experience so that they’re not having to be taught as soon as they step on a vessel,” said Robert Todd, the instructor for the four-part course. Todd is a fourth generation commercial fisherman whose family owns Todd Shrimping, Inc. When he is not shrimping with his father, he teaches audio/video technology and commercial fisheries at Mcintosh County Academy.

In addition to working a shrimp boat, Todd hopes to introduce students to related opportunities outside of the industry.

“I have had two students go full time into shrimping, and I have one student that just graduated that is actually looking into becoming a DNR law enforcement agent,” he said. “Getting students exposure to careers that surround the industry, whether it’s the Coast Guard, the DNR, the Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant office, TowBoatUS, it doesn’t matter, as long as we’re giving these kids career choices.”

Chris Simmons, a recent graduate of McIntosh County Academy, completed the course in 2021. “Fishing is a big thing around so here, so I figured I’d look into it,” said Simmons, who was born and raised in McIntosh County. He had little experience working on the water prior to the course.

“The class is fun. You’re not just stuck in a classroom reading textbooks and information off of a screen. You’re actually going out there and doing it,” he said.

Seven students have completed the pathways course so far, and Todd expects to double the number of registered students this fall now that students are back to in-person learning.

McIver looks forward to continuing to share his knowledge with students participating in the program.

“I’m just excited to be able to pass it on to the kids, you know, because somebody taught me,” he said. “It’s fun for me just to see them pull in crab traps and bait them and see their eyes light up. I know they’re doing it because they’re really interested.”

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Unfortunately, due to space constraints, the boatyard will not be a part of the new development plan.

The most immediate change will be the change in name to the Savannah Marina.

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The goal of the BoatUS member-funded program is to facilitate behavioral changes in the boating community through grassroots projects, some of which have ranged from hands-on education about the effects of marine debris, video public service announcements on preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species, and a unique pilot study of fiberglass recycling.

“Think big. Think never-been-done-before,” said BoatUS Foundation Director of Outreach Alanna Keating. “Is the project potentially scalable? Is there extensive outreach to boaters? Does it include hands-on work with the boating community? Does it offer quantifiable measures of success?”

Added Keating, “Over the past year we have seen a surge in new boat owners who have never owned or operated a boat before. Is there a way our grant program can help these first-time boaters improve their focus on safety or clean water, which can have an impact over the course of their boating life?”

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Grant funding is not designed for capital improvements or general operating funds, projects that include lobbying efforts or political action, or those that provide specialized training or equipment for the recipient group members. Expenses for transportation, meals or lodging, purchase of electronic hardware/software, or boats and other boating gear are also not covered.

Since 1989, the Foundation has awarded more than $1.3 million in boating safety and clean water grants to organizations. For more information or to apply, go to BoatUS. org/Grants.

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Hunting Season Regulation Changes

The GADNR Wildlife Resources Division has announced that the 2021-2022 Georgia Hunting Seasons and Regulations Guide is now available and can be found online, on the app, and in print. This guide provides important information on season dates, bag limits, hunting licenses, wildlife management areas (WMAs), quota hunts, youth opportunities and much more.

View the guide (or download) online at http://www. eregulations.com/georgia/hunting/ or on the Go Outdoors GA app. Pick up a printed copy at Wildlife Resources Division offices and license vendors throughout Georgia.

Some of the major changes to the hunting regulations this year include: • Antler restrictions • Bear harvest - reporting and season changes • Dove season changes • Extended archery season • New public hunting opportunities • Turkey season & bag limit • WMA small game rules Members of the Board of Natural Resources enact hunting regulations by acting on recommendations made by the Division’s professional wildlife biologists. Georgia’s game and fish laws are enacted by the elected members of the General Assembly.

GADNR Monitoring Fatal Bird Disease

A mysterious illness that is killing backyard birds across the Mid-Atlantic and in parts of the Southeast has not been documented in Georgia yet, but the GADNR is on the lookout. And you can help.

Since late May, sick and dying birds with symptoms including swelling and crusty discharge around the eyes and neurological issues such as tremors and lack of balance have been found from New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Kentucky and Virginia.

Most of the affected birds documented have been fledgling blue jays, American robins, common grackles and European starlings. However, other species of songbirds have been reported.

Wildlife disease labs testing the birds have ruled out salmonella bacteria, several families of viruses and Trichomonas parasites. But the disease and its cause are still unknown.

No issues have been reported with human health or pets, livestock or poultry. This issue is not connected to the salmonella outbreaks and other disease flare-ups associated with the winter finch irruption that swarmed Georgia feeders with purple finches and pine siskins this spring.

Characteristic symptoms of the latest outbreak can include swollen/crusty patches over eyes (sometimes with oozing discharge), tremors or seizures and a lack of balance, partial paralysis or similar neurological conditions. Affected birds also are often lethargic.

How can you help? Anyone finding sick or dead birds in Georgia with these symptoms are encouraged to contact DNR wildlife biologist Todd Schneider, (478) 994-1438 or todd.schneider@dnr.ga.gov.

At this point DNR is not recommending taking bird feeders down. If the disease is confirmed in Georgia, DNR will provide further guidance as needed, though they continue to strongly recommend regular cleaning of bird feeders and bird baths and maintaining feeding areas.

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Though the Spanish are commonly given credit for bringing tabby to the Americas, it is speculated that its roots may lie in the Middle East or North Africa, that it was then carried to Spain during the invasion of the Moors, and then to Florida in the 16th century. For Coastal Georgia, however, James Oglethorpe is given credit with its widespread use. After seeing tabby used frequently in Spanish-held Florida and fortifications in Port Royal Sound, he saw its value and even constructed a home of tabby for himself near Fort Frederica.

With the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, the Spanish threat was removed from the southeast. Around this time tabby fell out of common use, though many of the structures were still standing proudly. The Spalding family purchased the Oglethorpe tabby home in 1771 and shortly thereafter, Thomas Spalding was born there. This same Thomas Spalding was so impressed by the tabby home he was raised in that he took this construction to Sapelo Island where he built his Sea Island plantation with what became known as “Spalding Tabby.” This sparked a revitalization of tabby use that lasted into the 1840s.

In the 1880s when Jekyll Island saw the influx of the famous “Millionaires Club,” tabby again saw a huge revival on the island, but by the 1920s, tabby had once again fallen out of favor. This was in part due to the disappearing middens that had been ravaged earlier, and the use of Portland cement.

Like many things, the use of tabby seemed to come full circle, and by the 1980s what came to be known as “Revival Tabby” was being used. Though not made in the time-honored way, this new tabby is made by adding oyster shells to Portland cement by hand tossing the shells into the still-wet mortar layers, giving it a pseudo-tabby look.

Well guys and gals, that’s about it for me this week. Time to go fight the sun and dream about cool weather and oysters.

The Shell Game

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don’t know about y’all, but the Gator is ready for some fall, or maybe even some winter temps. Now don’t get me wrong, I love summer, but my belly loves cooler weather. Why is that, you might ask? Cooler temps bring back our oyster harvesting.

From the lowcountry of South Carolina to the far southern tip of the Golden Isles, oysters have been a part of our history.

Football, beer and oyster roasts all seem to go hand-inhand. I believe our earliest residents, the Native Americans such as the Creek Nations, and even much further back, had their own versions of these activities. All along the barrier islands, huge oyster middens, those circular piles of oyster shells, are in evidence. I can’t help but think that the piles of shells were where the sports complex was. The people would sit and watch, with great interest, games like “Chunky,” and later, some version of stick ball, while drinking fermented berries or grains, and throwing down on some of the best oysters known to man.

Okay, maybe I can’t support this with historical documentation, but indulge a Gator his fantasies.

So, what happened to these huge middens from that bygone era? Simple, look at our architecture and road ways. Tabby construction can be found throughout the southeast. It was made by combining lime (from burned oyster shells), water,

Till our wakes cross again, peace and love and shrimp and grits. I’ll see you on the water!

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