SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former agriculture secretary is urging the administration to support adding a vast, federally protected wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp to a list ...

FILE - A group of visitors return to Stephen C. Foster State Park after an overnight camping trip on the Red Trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, April 6, 2022, in Fargo, Ga. (AP ...

What happens when a community’s quest for survival clashes with the fate of one of the world's most unique ecosystems? In rural Georgia, the Okefenokee Swamp is at the center of a tense debate.

GEORGIA — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff announced he was backing a proposal to expand the Okefenokee Wildlife Regue in Georgia to protect the land, adding to the list of people contesting plans to mine the ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — 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 ...

Members of the Georgia State House have once again introduced bills to protect the Okefenokee Swamp from mining threats. The Okefenokee was named a National Wildlife Refuge in 1937, and provides ...

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 ...

The nighttime gathering of alligators offered researchers a rare chance to view a congregation of predators exhibiting eyeshine in Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp. NASA Instagram photo A scene straight out ...

Cold weather got you feeling stuck inside? These 9 cozy Georgia getaways offer luxury, cabins, water parks and winter escapes ...