About a year ago, opponents determined to stop an Alabama company from mining next to the Okefenokee Swamp were running out of options. Here's how a deal came together.

The six-year battle between the Okefenokee swamp and Twin Pines LLC is now over after Conservation Fund made a $60 million deal.

After securing the deal to halt a mine right on the edge of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, The Conservation Fund said public pressure played a huge role in scoring a win for land conservation.

Launching a kayak or canoe from the park puts you on one of America’s most storied waterways—a dark, tannin-stained river that flows 246 miles from the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia to the Gulf of ...

There's something in the water — and in the gators. A University of Georgia ecotoxicology study found there may be elevated levels of mercury in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp.

A conservation group purchased land near the swamp and wildlife refuge to halt a company's bid to mine for titanium.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservation group said Friday it has reached a $60 million deal to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that environmentalists spent years battling ...