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One Hundred Miles has moved their 2021 conference to an online lecture series. This year’s theme is “Coming Together to Tackle our Coast’s Biggest Challenges.” Every Tuesday from February 2-March 2, a new group of conservation speakers from across the country will present, with weekly big picture questions that address the looming challenges facing our coast. Topics tackling everything from North Atlantic right whale conservation and climate change and sea level rise, to racial justice and equity in the environmental movement and the inspiring legacy of Jimmy Carter.

This year’s lineup includes:

Tuesday, February 16 – How Can We Do Better? Making our Conservation Movement more Inclusive and Equitable for All, with J. Drew Lanham and Josiah Watts.

Tuesday, February 23 – How Can We Save our Future? An Intergenerational Call to Action on Climate with Bill McKibben and Delaney Reynolds, moderated by Brionté McCorkle.

Tuesday, March 2 - How Can We Make a Difference? Reflecting on the Life, Legacy, and Service of Jimmy Carter with Jonathan Alter and Gus Speth, moderated by Jason Carter.

The programs run from 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. You can reserve your spot for a small donation of any size at onehundredmiles.org/ctl-registration/. If you aren’t able to make a donation online, email catherine@onehundredmiles.org or call (912) 264-4111 and we’ll provide a free scholarship.

NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Regional Office will host weekly question and answer webinar sessions to assist participants with program information and compliance.

Program staff and software vendor representatives will participate in these webinars to answer questions and resolve issues users identify. These webinars are for anyone with an interest in the Southeast Electronic For-Hire Program and specifically, any captain, owner, or lessee running a headboat or charter trip on a boat with any of the following permits: Atlantic coastal migratory pelagics, Atlantic dolphin wahoo, South Atlantic snapper grouper, Gulf of Mexico reef fish, and Gulf Of Mexico coastal migratory pelagics.

NOAA Fisheries implemented the new Southeast For-Hire Electronic Reporting Program in January 2021. This program will provide more timely catch, effort, and discard information from federally-permitted for-hire vessels, to be used in future fish population assessments and management evaluations.

To register for webinars, visit: bit.ly/fisheries_webinar

Please call the NOAA customer service hotline with any questions (available from 8:00-4:30, EST) at (833)707-1632 or email us at ser.electronicreporting@noaa.gov.

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Many famous ornithologists were bird artists when they were young, so perhaps you could be the next John James Audubon, Roger Tory Peterson or David Allen Sibley! A winner will be picked from each of four age categories: primary (pre-K-2nd), elementary (third-fifth), middle school (sixth-eighth) and high school. One winner will be awarded the grand prize – their artwork will appear on the 2021 Youth Birding Competition T-shirt and they’ll receive a $100 Amazon gift card. The three other winners will each receive a $50 Amazon gift card, redeemable for art supplies.

Participants must draw or paint a native Georgia bird that has not been previously featured on a Youth Birding Competition T-shirt. Artwork may be created on paper or sheet canvas, at least 8-by-10 inches but no larger than 11-by-17 inches. Draw or paint the bird’s features as accurately as possible. A simple background that provides habitat context is good to include, but make sure the bird stands out well and is the focus of the artwork. Also keep in mind that deep, contrasting colors scan best for a T-shirt.

Be sure to provide the participant’s name, school, age, grade level, city, phone number and e-mail address, and the species name of the bird depicted in the artwork.

To enter the contest, email a full-frame photo (from a camera or smartphone) of the artwork by March 10, 2021, to Linda.May@dnr.ga.gov.

For more information on the T-shirt Art Contest, visit www.georgiawildlife.com/ YBCTshirtArtContest. You can also contact art contest coordinator Linda May at (706) 319-0211 or linda.may@dnr.ga.gov.

Details on the 2021 Youth Birding Competition, including how to register a team (March 31 deadline), will be posted soon at www.georgiawildlife.com/YBC. You can also contact competition coordinator Tim Keyes at (912) 262-3191 or tim.keyes@dnr.ga.gov.

Peregrine Falcon by 2020 grand prize winner 8thgrader Alston Li of Duluth.

Camp TALON (Teen Adventures Learning Ornithology & Nature) is a one-of-a kind camp for teens, ages 14 – 19, with a strong interest in the outdoors, birding and ecology. Each day the adventure begins as the group travels by charter bus to barrier islands, state parks, wildlife management areas and refuges along Georgia’s coast. Evening classes challenge our campers with presentations and quizzes about bird identification, songs, behavior, flight, migration and other “birdy” topics.

The camp runs for 6 days, 5 nights for up to 20 campers. For beginning to experienced birders who don’t mind long, hot, sometimes “buggy” days on beaches and marshes. Older birders who have attended before may be eligible for internships. Sign up by April 16 at a reduced fee!

Sponsors include DNR, The Environmental Resources Network (TERN), Georgia Ornithological Society and Georgia Audubon.

For information and registration, visit: bit.ly/camp_talon2021

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