Located near Jacksonville, FL in Southeast GA, Folkston is an iconic small Georgia town with a cozy atmosphere that ...

ATLANTA (WRBL) — U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff released a statement addressing the Okefenokee Swamp Land deal on Friday and discussed taking the proper steps to continue to preserve the land and protect it ...

In 2019, naturalists said the swamp was under threat after a mineral company that owned land three miles away sought permits to mine zirconium and titanium.

Landscape in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia. Set at the headwaters of the Suwannee and St. Marys rivers in southeastern Georgia, the Okefenokee Swamp is not only one of America’s ...

FILE - The sun sets on the lily pads and floating vegetation in the Chesser Prairie inside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on March 30, 2022, in Folkston, Ga ...

When Little Tybee Island was threatened by mining, the Georgia Legislature passed the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act. Now our state leaders can do the same for the Okefenokee Swamp, which is ...

Here is where to head in Georgia if you want to get up close with a gator. The Okefenokee Swamp is a large blackwater wetland that straddles the Georgia-Florida line. It has a population of around ...

The landmark deal ends a years-long fight over a proposed mine next to one of the South’s last truly wild places.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs to do just one ...