The company seeking permits to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine to Georgia environmental regulators, who say the ...

In the midst of a contentious battle over a strip mine planned near the Okefenokee Swamp, the Georgia House of Representatives revived an effort Thursday to pause new permitting for similar projects.

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 Georgia ...

FOLKSTON, Ga. — 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, ...

FILE - The sun sets on the lily pads and floating vegetation in the Chesser Prairie inside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on March 30, 2022, in Folkston, Ga ...

A 582-acre titanium and zirconium “demonstration mine” is would be in the yellow area less than 3 miles from the refuge. St. George, GA – A mineral mining company is moving ahead on a proposal to dig ...

As The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has warned, the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is facing a nearly unprecedented threat to its existence. In February, Georgia’s Environmental Protection ...

WAYCROSS, Ga. (WSAV) — The six-year battle between the Okefenokee Swamp and Twin Pines LLC is now over after Conservation Fund made a $60 million deal. Twin Pines LLC owned the 7,700 acres outside of ...

After a tumultuous year of changing protections, legal challenges and public comments, the confrontation to protect or develop the edge of the Okefenokee Wildlife National Refuge is reaching a fever ...

Mercy Chefs, a Virginia-based disaster relief organization, will announce the opening of a food kitchen in Kerr County to support long-term recovery efforts following devastating Hill Country flooding ...