A recently announced land deal presents a second time a mining proposal near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge was thwarted due to public outcry. (Joe Cook/Georgia Rivers) Environmentalists are ...
On June 20, it was announced Twin Pines Minerals had finally agreed to give up its dangerous mining plan along the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp. This incredible news came after six years of dogged ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservation group said Friday it has reached a $60 million deal to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that environmentalists spent years battling over ...
A plan to mine near the border of Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp has been stopped after years of battles with conservationists. Alabama's Twin Pines had worked since 2019 to obtain permits to mine ...
© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. Atlanta Journal-Constitution environment reporter Drew Kann said the Okefenokee Swamp is “truly one ...
CHARLTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit, announced Friday it has purchased the proposed site of a deep earth mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, effectively ...
Over the past three years, photographer David Walter Banks has spent nearly 70 nights alone in the Okefenokee Swamp. His gorgeous, almost psychedelic images have been published in his new book, ...
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