The swamp itself includes both a Georgia state park, Stephen C. Foster, and the federally managed Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, which covers more than 350,000 acres.

The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is being touted by Sonny Perdue, a former two-term Georgia governor who led the Department of Agriculture.

The U.S. government had listed the Okefenokee refuge as a “tentative” nominee since 1982. It started moving in earnest in 2023 as the nonprofit Okefenokee Swamp Park, which operates boat tours ...

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 ...

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 ...

A blue heron fishes for food on Nov. 28, 2023 at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Folkston, Ga. Kim Bednarek, executive director at the Okefenokee Swamp Park & Okefenokee Adventures, is ...

The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit, agreed to pay $60.1 million for 7,765 acres near the Okefenokee Swamp once slated to be a mining site.

ATLANTA - The Alabama-based company planning to open a titanium mine adjacent to the Okefenokee Swamp has not submitted $2.1 million in financial assurances required to get a permit from ...

Land deal ends controversial mining fight near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp The $60 million purchase by the Conservation Fund will halt a proposed titanium mine along the ends of North America’s ...

Experts say the Okefenokee Swamp is an ecological gem with riches matched by few places on Earth. Located in Southeast Georgia, the swamp contains the 407,000-acre national wildlife refuge, the ...

Okefenokee Swamp Park raised $600,000 to pay for the nearly 300-page application packet, said Kim Bednarek, the nonprofit's executive director. The bid for World Heritage status still needs U.S ...