Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue urged the U.S. Department of the Interior to support the Okefenokee Swamp's nomination as a UN World Heritage Site. Perdue cited potential economic benefits ...

federally protected wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp to a list of globally treasured natural and cultural sites recognized by the United Nations. The swamp near the Georgia-Florida state ...

ATLANTA — University System of Georgia Chancellor and former Gov. Sonny Perdue added his voice to a list of supporters working to preserve the Okefenokee Swamp. On April 17, Perdue sent a letter ...

ATLANTA — Georgia’s Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge was chosen by President Joe Biden’s administration to be nominated for a spot on the United Nations’ World Heritage List ...

(AP) — President Donald Trump’s former agriculture secretary is urging the administration to support adding a vast, federally protected wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp to a list of ...

The swamp near the Georgia-Florida state line was nominated under President Joe Biden, whose priorities Trump has worked swiftly to dismantle during his first 100 days since returning to the White ...