Landscape in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia. Set at the headwaters of the Suwannee and St. Marys rivers in southeastern Georgia, the Okefenokee Swamp is not only one of America’s ...

People who feel the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is worth protecting from mineral exploration and commercial interest might want to join the latest push to prevent either from occurring in ...

A coalition of environmental organizations delivered more than 24,000 petition signatures and nearly 300 pieces of artwork ...

A recently announced land deal presents a second time a mining proposal near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge was thwarted due to public outcry. (Joe Cook/Georgia Rivers) Environmentalists are ...

Join us on an overnight canoe-camping trip in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, known for its abundant wildlife. We spotted our first alligator within 30 minutes and encountered a ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former agriculture secretary is urging the administration to support adding a vast, federally protected wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp to a list ...

CHARLTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit, announced Friday it has purchased the proposed site of a deep earth mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, effectively ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Conservation Fund, a national environmental nonprofit, announced Friday that they had purchased the Twin Pines Mining Site near Trail Ridge outside of the Okefenokee National ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — President Donald Trump’s former agriculture secretary is urging the administration to support adding a vast, federally protected wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp to a list of ...