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The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is an administrative agency of the U.S. state of Georgia. The agency has statewide responsibilities for managing and conserving Georgia’s natural, cultural, and historical resources, and has five divisions: Coastal Resources Division. Environmental Protection Division. Law Enforcement Division.
A hunting license or hunting permit is a regulatory or legal mechanism to control hunting, both commercial and recreational. A license specifically made for recreational hunting is sometimes called a game license.
The Official Code of Georgia Annotated or OCGA is the compendium of all laws in the state of Georgia. Like other state codes in the United States, its legal interpretation is subject to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the state's constitution. It is to the state what the U.S. Code is to the federal government. An unusual feature of the OCGA is that ...
List of mammals of Georgia (U.S. state) This is a list of the mammals native to the U.S. state of Georgia. The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is the state marine mammal of Georgia. West Indian manatee, vulnerable. Little brown bat, endangered. American bison, near threatened. Indiana bat, near threatened.
Gun laws in Georgia regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of Georgia in the United States.
The brown thrasher is the state bird of Georgia. This list of birds of Georgia includes species documented in the U.S. state of Georgia and accepted by the Checklist and Records Committee of the Georgia Ornithological Society (GOSRC). As of August 2020, there are 427 species definitively included in the official list. Seven additional species are on the list but classed as provisional (see ...
Georgia has one of the most biodiverse landscapes for snakes, with more than 46 species of snakes, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This means that snakes roam the ...
The Cohutta Wilderness is the largest wilderness in Georgia. With more than 60,000 visitors each year, it is also the largest, most heavily used wilderness in the Southern Appalachians. [1] In May, 2006, the Forest Service announced new limits on the use of the Wilderness, explaining: "Overuse from visitors is causing resource impacts that are ...