Click here for the full story. Part 5: The question looms: What’s next for the Okefenokee Swamp? The next few years could mean big changes in south Georgia. The Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge could ...

Georgia environmental regulators could decide any day now whether to clear an Alabama-based company to mine next door to Georgia’s famed Okefenokee Swamp. Now, a pair of bills that would prevent ...

Now our state leaders can do the same for the Okefenokee Swamp, which is threatened by mining today, by passing the Okefenokee Protection Act. The time is now. Time is running out in this Georgia ...

“If this project is truly a ‘demonstration,’ then sufficient time must be allowed for the project to demonstrate that mining can safely occur on Trail Ridge, adjacent to the Okefenokee Swamp ...

Conservation efforts, including the Okefenokee's nomination to the World Heritage List, aim to protect the swamp's unique ecosystem. The Okefenokee's appeal transcends cultural and generational ...

Kim Bednarek, Executive Director at the Okefenokee Swamp Park & Okefenokee Adventures, is working to get the famed 438,000-acre, peat-filled wetland, included as a UNESCO World Heritage site — a ...

Georgia House lawmakers are considering two bills that would ban mining near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Proponents of the ban argue that mining would damage the swamp's ecosystem and ...