Water slowly moves through the Okefenokee Swamp, on March 15, 2024 in Folkston, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images) Trees are reflected in the water of the Okefenokee Swamp on March 15 ...

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 ...

AJC environment reporter Drew Kann joins the "Politically Georgia" podcast to unpack the land deal that halted a mining project near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp.

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 ...

In 2019, Twin Pines sought permission to mine near the Okefenokee Swamp, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers required an environmental impact statement. In response, Twin Pines withdrew and ...

A hotly debated mining project near the federally protected Okefenokee Swamp has stalled over a $2 million permit requirement needed before Georgia regulators make a final decision. Twin Pines ...

A $60M deal saved Okefenokee from mining, safeguarding 7,764 acres near the Georgia refuge. Conservation efforts ensured this critical environmental win. How public input helped halt a mine at ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — 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 ...

An alligator at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Folkston, Georgia, February 27, 2024. (Photo by Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post via Getty Images) ...

The Brief. 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 ...