Here's what to know about Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp before planning a visit. America’s Largest Blackwater Swamp Is Home to an Estimated 15,000 Alligators—and It May Be the Next UNESCO World ...

It started moving in earnest in 2023 as the nonprofit Okefenokee Swamp Park, which operates boat tours and other concessions within the refuge, signed an agreement to work on an application with ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (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 ...

An alligator is seen in the Okefenokee Swamp on Mar. 18, 2024. A historic deal protects the swamp from mining. (Hyosub Shin/AJC) By Drew Kann. Updated June 20, 2025.

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 ...

T he Okefenokee Swamp is often described as a place like no other on Earth, and as someone who came from halfway across the world, I found myself instantly drawn to its charm. When I first visited ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

President Donald Trump's former agriculture secretary wants the administration to support adding the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge to a United Nations list of World Heritage site.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (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 ...