A recently announced land deal presents a second time a mining proposal near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge was thwarted due to public outcry. (Joe Cook/Georgia Rivers) Environmentalists are ...
Ms. Renkl, a contributing Opinion writer, reports from Nashville on flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. When Twin Pines, an Alabama-based mining company, bought a big chunk of ...
Join us on an overnight canoe-camping trip in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, known for its abundant wildlife. We spotted our first alligator within 30 minutes and encountered a ...
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 ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservation group said Friday it has reached a $60 million deal to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that environmentalists spent years battling over ...
Drawing roughly 800,000 visitors each year, the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is one of the last intact blackwater swamps in North America and is home to hundreds of plant and animal species, ...
Twin Pines Minerals sold 7,764 acres near Okefenokee Swamp for $60M in 2025. Public pressure and philanthropy halted mining plans and secured land protection. Conservation groups aim for permanent ...
In June, a six-year battle came to an end to prevent the Georgia Environmental Protection Division from approving surface mining permits for Twin Pines Minerals of Alabama to mine for titanium sands ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservation group ...
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