Today’s lawsuit, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, notes that the Corps’ action opens wetlands that are critical to the health of the iconic Okefenokee Swamp to destruction by a ...

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 ...

Georgia environmental regulators could decide any day now whether to clear an Alabama-based company to mine next door to Georgia’s famed Okefenokee Swamp. Now, a pair of bills that would prevent ...

FOLKSTON, Ga. — Members of the Georgia State House have once again introduced bills to protect the Okefenokee Swamp from mining threats. The Okefenokee was named a National Wildlife Refuge in ...

Members of the Georgia State House have once again introduced bills to protect the Okefenokee Swamp from mining threats. The Okefenokee was named a National Wildlife Refuge in 1937, and provides ...

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 ...

she says. It’s a chilly, grey morning. Bednarek is at the front of a boat gliding through a corner of the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater wetland in North America. “And then they ...

Kim Bednarek, executive director at the Okefenokee Swamp Park & Okefenokee Adventures, is working to get the famed 438,000-acre, peat-filled wetland, included as a UNESCO World Heritage site -- a ...