Georgia Outdoors Insider-July Issue

Georgia Department of Natural Resources sent this bulletin at 07/22/2015 09:40 AM EDT
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Georgia Outdoors Insider

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Your Business Connection to Wildlife Conservation

Last Chance for Input on DNR License Fees and Structure Options

We want a business supported and customer supported proposal to present to our Board. There is still time to give your feedback and take the online survey!  Or give us a call to tell us what you think (706) 557-3324! We currently have over 85% support from 5,000 constituents for raising prices to the average in the southeast.
Fee Increase
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Humminbird

Congratulations Humminbird!

Voted Best in show electronics at ICAST for electronics for 2015.  A Georgia centric company and member of the Georgia Outdoor Industry Coalition.
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BOW

Glock Partners with Becoming an Outdoors Woman

Georgia-based Glock and DNR held a Women’s Handgun Class as part of the Becoming an Outdoors Woman series. This workshop took place at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, attended by over 70 women, covered firearm safety, ammunition, shooting sequence, hunter ed and cleaning handguns.  There were first timers and ladies with some experience, and fun was had by all! 
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Georgia Woman Earns State Record for Grey Snapper

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has announced a new women’s record for grey snapper, Lutjanus griseus, landed in Georgia by Becky Manley of Guyton, Georgia. The 10-pound, 4-ounce snapper was caught May 3, 2015, and establishes a State of Georgia women’s record for this species. Manley caught the snapper while fishing 70 nautical miles southeast of the Savannah River Channel with Captain Robert Schmelter on the ‘Slammer II’.

 State Record Grey Snapper
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Artificial Reef

Enhancements to Artificial Reef

The Coastal Resources Division (CRD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources recently deployed a 110-feet-long barge, 140 poultry transport cages (PTC’s), and four 40-feet-long concrete beams as the latest additions to Artificial Reef SAV – located 6 nautical miles southeast of Tybee Island.