Contents MARCH 2023 * VOL. 79, NO. 3 I 38 10 16 20 24 A fish tale Tremendous cooperative effort brings lake sturgeon back to Coosa River. By Katie Teems Norris Raising the dairy queens Georgia's dairy industry is the cream of the crop. By Pamela A. Keene White Oak Pastures Southwest Georgia farm returns to its roots. By Amber Lanier Nagle On the cover White Oak Pastures is a sixth generation family farm in Bluffton that has been in the Harris family for more than 150 years. Today it is one of the largest pasture-raised livestock operations in the country. (Photo courtesy of White Oak Pastures.) Issue r s 20 4 MAILBOX 6 PICTURE THIS? 8 GEORGIA NEWS 8 TRIVIA CONTEST 10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14 CURRENTS 28 AROUND GEORGIA Agritourism on the road 34 GEORGIA GARDENS Herbs in the garden 36 GEORGIANS AT WORK Meet Dale Richter, bee removal specialist 38 GEORGIA COOKS Fresh from the farm 42 HOMETOWN HEROES Rome High School football players rescue woman www.georgiamagazine.org 3 STACY RUIS KATIE WILLIAMS GABE MARR / SAPELO FARMS e T T H h E L A U G e R i C s u T t U u R r E I e u A c g lhttp://www.georgiamagazine.org