While philanthropists who purchased property near Okefenokee neutralized recent threat to mine there, new evidence could ...

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 just one thing before ...

A company pursuing permits to mine for titanium on the doorstep of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge says their project will bring badly needed, good-paying jobs to rural south Georgia. But some ...

The Trump administration announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...

UGA study finds Okefenokee and aquifer are linked, strengthening warnings that groundwater mining could harm the swamp.

A company’s plan to mine minerals just outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge moved a big step closer Thursday to approval by Georgia regulators, who have spent years ...

FOLKSTON, Ga. (WSAV) – A major environmental proposal has been introduced that could have lasting impacts on Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The proposal could provide a new layer of protection ...

ATLANTA — The Okefenokee Swamp is considered one of the most unique ecosystems in the world, but it could be threatened by a mine that a company wants to build less than three miles from the wildlife ...

GEORGIA — As the year comes to a close, and a new presidential administration is set to lead Washington in January, there’s a final push to prevent a titanium mining project from getting closer to ...

As flocks of white settlers moved to the area in the late 1800s, railroads were built along the edge of the swamp. Though those railroads crept closer and closer until eventually going through it, ...

To David Walter Banks, there’s something special about the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater swamp in North America. There’s a mystical quality, the photographer says, that’s hard to explain to ...

FILE - The sun sets on the lily pads and floating vegetation in the Chesser Prairie inside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on March 30, 2022, in Folkston, Ga ...