The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, encompassing more than 400,000 acres between the border of Georgia and Florida, is a crucial refuge for endangered and ...
The former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently urged Gov. Brian Kemp to block a proposed mine near ...
In a letter to Kemp dated Jan 15 – five days before leaving office to make way for the incoming Trump administration – ...
Year Established: 1937 Located: Georgia Size: over 402,000 acres Top Features: The Okefenokee Swamp Stop by the Visitor Center Take a Swamp Tour Spot an Alligator at Okefenokee See the Swamp ...
Natural fires keep the swamp in natural flux ... ExploreAJC: Take a photo tour of the Okefenokee The Okefenokee is the largest, most intact freshwater peat wetland remaining in the subtropical ...
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 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.
she says. It’s a chilly, grey morning. Bednarek is at the front of a boat gliding through a corner of the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater wetland in North America. “And then they ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency said Friday that it has approved a plan to expand the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge, setting up a potential buyout offer for land intended for a ...