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Capps named SFS vice president for 2027

Krista Capps, the associate director of the River Basin Center and an associate professor at Odum School of Ecology, was named the vice president of the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) at the group’s 2026 annual meeting in May in Spokane, Washington.

Studying biofilm to find antimicrobial resistance in the Oconee watershed

Tre’Shur Williams-Carter expects she’ll find antimicrobial resistance in the Oconee River in Athens. That’s because AMR – the adaptation that makes infections from bacteria, fungi and viruses difficult to treat – is common in urban streams like those in the Upper Oconee Watershed in Athens. But, by collecting both running river water
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Working Lands for Wildlife joins University of Georgia to expand conservation impact

The University of Georgia will receive $8.8 million over three years to help farmers restore streams and rivers on their land through the Working Lands for Wildlife’s Southern Waters Framework. Three colleges — the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, the Odum School of Ecology and the College of Engineering —
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