Conservationists Purchase $60 Million Property to Save Okefenokee Swamp from Strip Mine Conservationists are celebrating a win in southern Georgia.

Okefenokee Swamp. Image via Openverse. The ecological diversity of the Okefenokee defies simple categorization. This wetland complex harbors more than 850 plant species, ranging from delicate ...

A study by the University of Georgia has revealed new concerns over the levels of mercury in the waters around the Okenfenokee Swamp.

A conservation group purchased land near the swamp and wildlife refuge to halt a company's bid to mine for titanium.

A mining threat to the Okefenokee Swamp ends as Twin Pines Minerals sells land to The Conservation Fund to protect vital wildlife and ecosystems.

A conservation group said Friday it has reached a $60 million deal to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company.

The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit, announced Friday it has purchased the proposed site of a deep earth mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, effectively ending the ...

A plan to mine near the border of Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp has been stopped after years of battles with conservationists. Alabama's Twin Pines had worked since 2019 to obtain permits to mine ...

The Conservation Fund, a national environmental nonprofit, announced Friday that they had purchased the Twin Pines Mining Site near Trail Ridge outside of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge ...