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.

In a letter to Kemp dated Jan 15 - five days before leaving office to make way for the incoming Trump administration - then-FWS Director Martha Williams called the Okefenokee “o ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Community members in Folkston, Georgia, are leading an effort against mining in their ...

Kemp, it's now or never for the Okefenokee The Okefenokee is fire adapted, burning frequently on its own schedule. Natural fires keep the swamp in natural flux, rejuvenating the mosaic of habitats ...

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 ...

In a letter to Kemp dated Jan 15 – five days before leaving office to make way for the incoming Trump administration – ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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