The move puts an immediate halt to a project that scientists and environmentalists had feared could irreparably damage North America’s largest blackwater swamp.

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 ...

The Alabama company that planned to mine titanium dioxide next to the Okefenokee Swamp has agreed to sell its property to an environmental fund, ending — for now — a threat to more than ...

The Okefenokee Swamp is a jewel that was threatened by mining interests. A new deal saves it for the benefit of generations of Georgians to come.

A conservation group said Friday it has reached a $60 million deal to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company ... stilt-legged wood storks and more than 400 other animal species.

A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its ... stilt-legged wood storks and more than 400 other animal species.

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 Friday it ...

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 ...

A conservation group said Friday it has reached a $60 million deal to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company ... stilt-legged wood storks and more than 400 other animal species.