As an Alabama-based company waits for Georgia regulators to decide whether it can mine for titanium near the Okefenokee Swamp, a federal proposal to grow the refuge was well received during a ...
Twin Pines might get a permit for its controversial mining plan to dig 50 feet into 582 acres into Trail Ridge, on the border of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge — but there’s another ...
FOLKSTON, Ga. (WSAV) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced its final decision to expand the acquisition boundary of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge by approximately 22,000 ...
FILE - The sun sets over water lilies and cypress trees along the remote Red Trail wilderness water trail of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in Fargo, Ga.
Josh Marks, president of Georgians for the Okefenokee, said expanding the ... potentially offer such priority public uses as hunting, fishing, wildlife watching, and education to the refuge's ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. — 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 expanded boundary allows the Service to potentially offer priority public uses such as hunting, fishing ... the refuge manager at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, said in a statement ...