FOLKSTON, Ga. (WSAV) – A major environmental proposal has been introduced that could have lasting impacts on Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The proposal could provide a new layer of protection ...

A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs to do just one thing before ...

A key part of the Okefenokee Swamp was rescued by conservationists from mining, but this natural habitat is still in danger, ...

GEORGIA — As the year comes to a close, and a new presidential administration is set to lead Washington in January, there’s a final push to prevent a titanium mining project from getting closer to ...

To David Walter Banks, there’s something special about the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater swamp in North America. There’s a mystical quality, the photographer says, that’s hard to explain to ...

The Biden administration formally nominated the refuge — which is at the center of a mining fight — for inclusion on the list. The Interior Department announced Friday the Okefenokee swamp in Georgia ...

FILE - The sun sets on the lily pads and floating vegetation in the Chesser Prairie inside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on March 30, 2022, in Folkston, Ga ...