Brian Kemp to block a proposed mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on her way out the door. In a letter to Kemp dated Jan 15 - five days before leaving office to make way for the ...

The Okefenokee would join Yellowstone and Yosemite ... National refuges are managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, not the National Park Service. In general, they aren’t as high profile ...

American alligators are thriving in the park. Because of this, swimming and paddleboarding are not permitted. The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is home to 850 plant species. This includes 18 ...

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.

ATLANTA— Following widespread bipartisan support, the National Park Service announced today that it will nominate the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to join the United Nations Educational, ...

Twin Pines might get a permit for its controversial mining plan to dig 50 feet into 582 acres into Trail Ridge, on the border of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge — but there’s another ...

That’s the same DuPont that wanted to drag-mine the Okefenokee 25 years ago until Gov. Zell Miller, along with then-Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, told them no. Déjà vu all over again.

Fourth, the federal government’s expansion of the acquisition boundary at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is a critical step towards the only viable solution, namely, the acquisition of ...

March 18, 2024. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will move forward with a plan to expand the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge the swamp’s supporters hope will help sink a proposed titanium ...

“The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is one of the crown jewels of ... Earlier this year the refuge launched a unique public-private partnership with the Okefenokee Swamp Park to provide project ...

The Okefenokee, the largest backwater swamp ... Only 26 sites are located in the U.S., including the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Grand Canyon. "As one of the world’s largest ...