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 ...

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.

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

Two bills introduced in the Georgia House of Representatives aim to protect the Okefenokee Swamp from mining operations. One bill proposes a five-year moratorium on mining, while the other seeks a ...

Mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp halted after nonprofit purchases the site. By ActionNewsJax.com News Staff. June 20, 2025 at 2:06 pm EDT. By ActionNewsJax.com News Staff.

Back in the 1990s, he leased 23,000 acres of his land along the swamp’s edge to DuPont Chemical for a massive strip mine. When I and others successfully fought that project and DuPont abandoned ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs to do ...

A high-profile, yearslong fight over a proposal to mine near the nation’s largest blackwater swamp in Georgia has come to an end. The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit that buys at-risk lands for ...

$60M land purchase stops mining plans near Okefenokee Swamp The Conservation Fund said it will buy all 7,700 acres (31.16 square kilometers) that Alabama-based Twin Pines owns outside the ...

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.