News - July 2025

Holly Campbell shows students how to ID leaves
From Curiosity to Conservation: Young Minds Explore the Wonders of Warnell

While many students spent part of their summer soaking up the sun poolside or lounging at home, 10 adventurous young minds from across Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia chose a different route: wading into streams, handling reptiles and sizing up tree trunks. What they found was more than just mud and moss. It was a hands-on introduction to the wonders of Warnell and the science, stories and stewardship behind the natural world. As part of the…

Jay Shelton stands in construction gear at White Dam
Casting connections: Jay Shelton’s ripple effect

It started with a fish and a phone call. In 1987, fresh from Auburn University and brimming with ideas, associate professor of fisheries Dr. Jay Shelton stepped into Georgia’s waters—figuratively and literally—as an Extension fisheries specialist with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. One of his first calls came from Paul Williams, a catfish farmer in Hawkinsville who had heard Shelton knew a thing or…

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