SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The boundaries of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge will be expanded, following a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge contains the Okefenokee ...

America’s Largest Blackwater Swamp Is Home to an Estimated 15,000 Alligators—and It May Be the Next UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here's what to know about Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp before ...

An alligator is seen in the Okefenokee Swamp on Mar. 18, 2024. A historic deal protects the swamp from mining. (Hyosub Shin/AJC) By Drew Kann. Updated June 20, 2025.

Back in the 1990s, he leased 23,000 acres of his land along the swamp’s edge to DuPont Chemical for a massive strip mine. When I and others successfully fought that project and DuPont abandoned ...

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 ...

Mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp halted after nonprofit purchases the site. By ActionNewsJax.com News Staff. June 20, 2025 at 2:06 pm EDT. By ActionNewsJax.com News Staff.

A high-profile, yearslong fight over a proposal to mine near the nation’s largest blackwater swamp in Georgia has come to an end. The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit that buys at-risk lands for ...

$60M land purchase stops mining plans near Okefenokee Swamp The Conservation Fund said it will buy all 7,700 acres (31.16 square kilometers) that Alabama-based Twin Pines owns outside the ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs to do ...

After six years, a controversial bid to mine next door to Georgia’s famed Okefenokee Swamp is no more. The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit specializing in acquiring at-risk lands, announced ...

Mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp halted after nonprofit purchases the site. ActionNewsJax.com News Staff. Fri, June 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM UTC. 2 min read.