Two bills proposed to protect the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from mining did not advance through the House Friday.

Lawmakers in Georgia House again take up legislation intended to protect the Okefenokee from future strip mining efforts ...

Legislators heard arguments for new and renewed bills over whether to allow mining near the Okefenokee National Wildlife ...

Supporters of ban on mining in the Okefenokee say the largest blackwater wetland in North America needs protection, opponents ...

Those driving along t Eastern Bypass Tuesday evening might have noticed a large blaze billowing smoke around the Iron Mountain. That plot of land holds over 900 acres of fish and wildlife refuge known ...

Don’t get your hopes up, but a couple of bills have surfaced in the Legislature addressing the Georgia Environmental ...

Environmental activists asked Georgia House lawmakers Monday to enact a moratorium on mining adjacent to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

giving approval for Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals to mine a 584-acre tract of Trail Ridge on the eastern flank of our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge for titanium oxide so that we never face ...

Lily pads float on the surface during a media tour Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Folkston, Ga. Kim Bednarek, Executive Director at the Okefenokee Swamp Park ...

The state House of Representatives passed 75 bills Thursday, the deadline for legislation to pass either the House or Senate ...