The former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently urged Gov. Brian Kemp to block a proposed mine near ...

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.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Greater Okefenokee Association of Landowners recognize the importance of fire to the swamp and work together to suppress fires on the edge of the swamp ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency said Friday that it has approved a plan to expand the Okefenokee Swamp’s vast wildlife refuge, setting up a potential buyout offer for land intended for a ...

National parks and national wildlife refuges both fall under ... the first executive director of the non-profit Okefenokee Swamp Park. Headquartered in Waycross, at the northernmost entry to ...

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

Kudos to Dick Yarbrough for his outstanding editorial about the Okefenokee ... Wildlife Refuge is a critical step towards the only viable solution, namely, the acquisition of the lands along the ...

Measuring in at more than 425,000 acres, Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp is renowned for its pristine forests and wealth of indigenous Peach State wildlife, with Stephen C. Foster State Park serving ...