The Okefenokee was named a National Wildlife Refuge in 1937, and provides habitat for many threatened and endangered species, such as red-cockaded woodpeckers, wood storks, and indigo snakes.

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 ...

The Okefenokee was named a National Wildlife Refuge in 1937, and provides habitat for many threatened and endangered species, such as red-cockaded woodpeckers, wood storks, and indigo snakes.

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.