On a hot summer day in 1990, during the dedication of the office of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ fledgling Nongame-Endangered Wildlife Program, I overheard a dignitary in the audience say to the person beside him, "I give the program three years before it folds."

Georgia DNR is looking for your help to monitor summer bat roosts across the state.

Our backyards are home to a myriad of wild animals. However, most of us are familiar with only a small fraction of the amazingly diverse animals that live just outside our backdoor. For example, most homeowners do not realize their yard is inhabited by moles until they see a molehill in their lawn.

Georgia’s State Wildlife Action Plan is a statewide strategy to conserve populations of native wildlife species and the natural habitats they need before these animals, plants and places become rarer and more costly to conserve or restore.

The manatee is listed under the federal Endangered Species Act as an endangered species and is also protected federally under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and statewide under provisions of Georgia's Endangered Wildlife Act of 1973.

The decline and resurgence of the bald eagle in Georgia, eagle identification, facts and how to report sighting of a bald eagle nest.