With an Alabama-based company seeking permits to open a titanium mine, Georgia legislators are looking for ways to protect ...

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 ...

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

The Okefenokee refuge covers nearly 630 square miles (1,630 square kilometers) in southeast Georgia and is home to more than 400 animal species, including alligators and bald eagles.

Kudos to Dick Yarbrough for his outstanding editorial about the Okefenokee Swamp and the dangerous threat posed to it by mining. Several of his points bear repeating. First, he indicates that ...

(The Center Square) – The expansion of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge does not affect a company's plans to mine there. Twin Pines Minerals confirmed it was still pursuing the project ...

The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, encompassing more than 400,000 acres between the border of Georgia and Florida, is a ...

ATLANTA – The former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently urged Gov. Brian Kemp to block a proposed mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on her way out the door.

The Twin Pines mine site with stationed equipment 3 miles outside of the Okefenokee Refuge and current acquisition boundary. March 18, 2024. Hyosub Shin/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The former ...