The former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently urged Gov. Brian Kemp to block a proposed mine near ...

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 ...

Kudos to Dick Yarbrough for his outstanding editorial about the Okefenokee ... Swamp and the dangerous threat posed to it by mining. Several of his points bear repeating. First, he indicates that ...

The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, encompassing more than 400,000 acres between the border of Georgia and Florida, is a ...

which makes up roughly 92% of the Okefenokee Swamp, for consideration to be on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is made up of more ...

The AJC has learned a former top U.S. wildlife official wrote Gov. Brian Kemp to warn that a mine planned near the Okefenokee Swamp would threaten the fragile ecosystem.

Today’s lawsuit, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, notes that the Corps’ action opens wetlands that are critical to the health of the iconic Okefenokee Swamp to destruction ...