FILE - A blue heron fishes for food on Nov. 28, 2023 at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Folkston. Travel + Leisure recently ranked it as one of the best places to visit in Georgia. One of ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency proposed an expansion of the Okefenokee Swamp’s vast wildlife refuge on Friday, which could lead to a buyout offer for land intended for a private company’s ...

Okefenokee swamp appears to be a mercury hotspot. A recent study out of the University of Georgia reveals alligators living in the Okefenokee Swamp have high levels of mercury. Scientists call the ...

FOLKSTON — As the sun peaked through trees draped in Spanish moss on a March afternoon, Michael Lusk steered a boat into the Okefenokee Swamp wilderness. Across a flooded prairie, great egrets ...

The Okefenokee Swamp in South Georgia is larger than all of New York City. Parts of it are a national wildlife refuge. Now, the state of Georgia is on the cusp of permitting a controversial mine right ...

In the final days of President Joe Biden’s administration, the federal government’s top wildlife official wrote Gov. Brian Kemp to warn that a mine planned at the edge of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp ...

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 private ...

The Twin Pines mine site with stationed equipment 3 miles outside of the Okefenokee Refuge and current acquisition boundary. March 18, 2024. The former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service suggested that Georgia lawmakers change legislation related to titanium and zirconium mining near the swamp. Federal regulators on Tuesday called for a 10-year moratorium ...

One of Georgia's biggest natural spaces could get even bigger in the near future. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a proposal that would expand the boundary of the Okefenokee National ...