Come see our River Basin Center director of science Seth Wenger give his talk titled “Rethinking streams: five ideas for advancing freshwater conservation and management” today at 10:20 AM in the Ecology building auditorium!

Our friends at @uownathens are putting on their annual River Rendezvous event on April 20, 2024!

This is a great opportunity to participate in citizen science, gain some outdoor volunteer time, and learn water quality testing procedures!

Register here: givepulse.com/event/444890-R…

Join colleagues from Odum School of Ecology for Laura Naslund's dissertation defense next week, “Impacts of dams and their removal on carbon emissions and storage.”

This event will be held this Friday, April 12 at 9:00am in person (CEID Conference Room) and via Zoom.

What's your favorite animal?

We interviewed RBC affiliates Charles van Rees, Mark Hunter, and Jeb Byers to answer this pressing question.

Music: Plain Loafer by Kevin Macleod from Free Music Archive

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Congrats to Odum's Jeb Byers, named a 2024 Distinguished Research Professor! An internationally prominent scientist in population, community and marine ecology, he is known for quantifying and predicting the success of biological invasions. t.uga.edu/9Pt @ugaresearch

Freshwater ecosystems are all around you.

On this week's episode of Creek of the Week, RBC Intern Gabe is exploring Hunnicutt Creek.

Check it out on Instagram: instagram.com/reel/C5EITlxLW…

Music: Brain Power by Mela

At the RBC, water’s what we’re all about.

We’re working for the sustainable management of aquatic resources and ecosystems.

To learn more about what we do to connect freshwater science with policy and management, visit our website, linked in our bio. 💧

At the RBC, we know that forests and freshwater go hand in hand.

In 2020, RBC grad student Carol Yang published a paper illuminating the role that freshwater crabs play in linking nutrient cycles between tropical forests and streams.

Read the story: rivercenter.uga.edu/the-role-of-fr…

How well do you know your local creek? On this week's episode of Creek of the Week, RBC Intern Gabe is staying on campus and exploring Lilly Branch.

To learn more about the creeks of Athens, visit UOWN's “Where’s my Creek?”: uown.org/UOWN-Wordpress…

Music: Brain Power by Mela

How well do you know your local creek? In our series, Creek of the Week, RBC communications intern Gabe is exploring one of Athens’ many creeks. This week, we're looking at Trail Creek

To learn more about the creeks of Athens, visit UOWN uown.org/UOWN-Wordpress…

Please join us TODAY for the 38th annual Odum Lecture by Kai Chan: “Restore the Wild: A Singular Uniting Agenda for Ecologists amidst an Ecological Crisis?” Lecture 4 p.m. Warnell auditorium; reception 5 p.m. Ecology lobby. Hope to see you there!

New research on monarchs from UGA ecologists Isabella Ragonese, Sonia Altizer and Richard Hall shows that constant exposure to high temperatures severely limits development of OE parasite but also lowers monarch survival. t.uga.edu/9Hj @rsocpublishing

And another, for good measure.