The Okefenokee would join Yellowstone and Yosemite ... National refuges are managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, not the National Park Service. In general, they aren’t as high profile ...

Georgia lawmakers Monday heard arguments for and against a pair of bills that would keep mining from expanding near the Okefenokee Swamp.

The Okefenokee is home to red-cockaded woodpeckers ... Machu Picchu and Yellowstone National Park, if selected. FWS has warned EPD before that its hydrologists believe the mine could lower ...

Two House bills, HB 561 and HB 562, are being considered by a state House subcommittee to protect the Okefenokee National ...

A blue heron fishes for food on Nov. 28, 2023 at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Folkston, Ga. Kim Bednarek, executive director at the Okefenokee Swamp Park & Okefenokee Adventures ...

ATLANTA – Environmental activists asked Georgia House lawmakers Monday to enact a moratorium on mining adjacent to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Members of the Georgia State House have once again introduced bills to protect the Okefenokee Swamp from mining threats. The Okefenokee was named a National Wildlife Refuge in 1937, and provides ...

The Twin Pines mine site with stationed equipment 3 miles outside of the Okefenokee Refuge and current acquisition boundary. March 18, 2024. Hyosub Shin/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The former ...

Two bills introduced in the Georgia House of Representatives aim to protect the Okefenokee Swamp from mining operations. One bill proposes a five-year moratorium on mining, while the other seeks a ...