Athens News Matters: Saving Rare Plants in Georgia

WUGA | By Grant Blankenship

Published July 30, 2021 at 3:30 PM EDT

Climate change and limited water resources are taking a toll on the habitat of endangered plants, but Georgia conservationists are taking a fresh approach to the problem. GPB's Grant Blankeship filed this report.

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Grant Blankenship

Grant came to public media after a career spent in newspaper photojournalism. As an all platform journalist he seeks to wed the values of public radio storytelling and the best of photojournalism online.

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