AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoHeat & health: Augusta officials urged residents to use cooling centers as extreme heat pushes heat indexes around 105–110, while Piedmont doctors warned some common blood pressure, heart, diabetes, and kidney meds can raise risk of dehydration and heat illness. Pollinators & native habitat: A Great Southeast Pollinator Census participant shared how 15 minutes of careful backyard watching led to more native plantings and bee habitat; separately, SUSTAIN.’s Reserve in Bowdon held a BioBlitz that logged 15 new native plant species and will add interpretive trail markers. Local environment education: Brookhaven is seeking volunteers for a storm drain marker event to help prevent pollutants from washing into local waterways. Turf & sustainable management: UGA’s Griffin Campus hosted a Turfgrass Field Day focused on beneficial insects, irrigation tech, and sustainable disease control. Water safety & cyber risk: Federal agencies warned of malicious cyber tampering targeting water and wastewater monitoring and control, including attempted intrusions reported in Utah. Nuclear/environment debate: A nuclear watchdog says newly released parts of a plutonium pit aging report strengthen opposition to new atomic weapons plants, even as federal views differ.
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