Typically at this time of year, fisherman are found below the dam catching redbreast and bluegill in the eddies between the rocks and the dam. Also, gopher tortoises have been quite a feature at the park as volunteers have helped protect their eggs from predators such as fox, armadillos and opossums. In some areas, farmers are irrigating their land so they can get seed into the ground and others are trying to save those plants that are up. The drought that plagues South Georgia has the...

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NEWPORT - To many Cocke Countians, Rankin Bottoms refers to an area dominated by a 1925 coal tipple and favored by local sportsmen for its bountiful supply of native fish. The runoff waters from the farmers' fields drained into creeks and brooks which eventually fed into the lake area where the fish absorbed the toxic substance. Luckily, environmentalists, scientists, ornithologists, and other supporters organized themselves in time to save these species from complete extinction. Drawn to...

The judicious use of cilantro and canned jalapenos to enhance more ordinary ingredients is the secret. Even those who said they do not care for jalapenos were pleased and commented upon the agreeable back-of-the-throat tingle after each bite. I used to have a recipe for making those wonderful sticky buns without having to go through the long process of using yeast. I have never been a very successful baker, especially where yeast is concerned, and was delighted to find that baking powder...

Overall, the FDA is responsible for regulating about 80 percent of the nation's food supply; the Agriculture Department inspects meat, poultry and eggs, the other 20 percent. But it was contaminated wheat gluten that put the spotlight on a real and frightening fact: China's chronic food safety woes are now an international concern. Farmers have used the cancer-causing industrial dye Sudan Red to boost the value of their eggs and have fed an asthma medication to pigs to produce leaner meat....

The silty Copper River annually is the scene of the first major Alaska salmon harvest of the season, and gastronomes across the continent savor the springtime arrival of the fish in restaurants and supermarkets. Fresh fish are expected to show up locally in a day or so, but buyers beware -- these goods will take a hunk out of your wallet. State biologists predict a commercial catch of 1.36 million red salmon, the fleet's main money fish. The Copper River fishery has spawned some zany...