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News Articles: okefenokee

 Rep. John Corbett, a Lake Park Republican, speaks against a bill that would ban future mining applications at Trail Ridge near the Okefenokee Swamp as the bill sponsor, Rep. Darlene Taylor, sits to his left. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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Supporters of mine near Okefenokee hint at lawsuit if Georgia lawmakers pass bill protecting swamp

The two sides battling in the nearly four-year saga over whether an Alabama company should be allowed to move forward with its plans to mine the site for titanium dioxide and zirconium were allowed to make their case to lawmakers during a two-hour public hearing held Tuesday. 

March 15, 2023
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  • Jill Nolin
Rep. Darlene Taylor (left), a Thomasville Republican, convinced lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to support her proposed “Okefenokee Protection Act.” Rep. Mary Frances Williams (center), a Marietta Democrat, was one of them. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia GOP lawmaker pushes protection for ‘vital and precious’ Okefenokee from new mining proposals

While an Alabama-based company’s controversial mining proposal moves through the permitting process, a south Georgia Republican lawmaker is again attempting to head off any future attempt to mine an important site near the Okefenokee Swamp.

January 25, 2023
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  • Jill Nolin
Man holding snake.

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Remembering GPB TV documentarian Okefenokee Joe

Dick Flood's family has confirmed the death of the singer-songwriter, educator and conservationist that many Georgians knew as Okefenokee Joe. Flood was 90 years old.

January 10, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
 A revamped Clean Water Act released in December 2022 restored federal protections for millions of acres of wetlands and other waterways. A proposed mining project that would take place on wetlands located 3 miles from the Okefenokee Wildlifre Refugee was no longer subject to federal water rules jurisdiction when the law was rolled back under President Donald Trump’s administration. Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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U.S. Supreme Court decision in waterways case could come too late for Okefenokee mine foes

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court case could have significant ripple effects on the government’s ability to protect the nation’s waterways.

January 09, 2023
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  • Stanley Dunlap
 Each year, hundreds of thousands of people visit the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Georgia to kayak, hike, fish, and participate in other recreational activities. A federal lawsuit filed on Nov. 15 by environmental groups claims that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is violating the Clean Water Act by not protecting wetlands that are at risk of mining. Photo contributed by Joy Campbell

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Saga of proposed mine at Okefenokee Swamp’s edge still mired in legal challenges, regulatory reviews

Conservationists are waging another legal challenge against a company’s strip-mining plans near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Southeast Georgia. 

November 22, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
 Activists in the Okefenokee Protection Alliance are preparing for a fight this fall as Twin Pines Minerals gets ready to submit its application for mining near the Okefenokee Swamp. When the permit application is reviewed, the state’s Environmental Protection Division will open the public comment period for 60 days. Photo contributed by Joy Campbell

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Okefenokee fans rally support again as mining plan nears final Georgia EPD review

A major hurdle could soon be cleared for Twin Pines Minerals’ controversial plan to mine near Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge three years after it was announced. And a coalition of park supporters is rallying the public against those plans it claims would threaten hundreds of thousands of acres of wetlands.

November 04, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
A yard sign near the entrance to the Suwanee River Eco-Lodge at Stephen Foster State Park. Credit: Mary Landers/The Current

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On Okefenokee, DNR board looks for signal from feds

The board isn’t ready yet to pass a resolution, DNR Board Chairman Bill Jones said, instead looking to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to take the lead on the issue as then-Secretary Bruce Babbitt did 25 years ago.

September 29, 2022
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  • Mary Landers
Activists demonstrate outside an entrance to the White House calling for the cancellation of student debt in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

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Political Rewind: Student loan forgiveness; Pooches pushed into politics; Okefenokee Swamp saga

Thursday on Political Rewind: President Biden announced a student debt relief plan, partially meeting one of his campaign promises. Plus, two candidates on the top of Georgia's ballot get a boost from Sen. Mitch McConnell. Meanwhile, a settlement leaves the fate of a proposed mine at the Okefenokee’s edge in the hands of the Georgia EPD.

August 25, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
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Jim Renner of Southern Ionics Minerals explains the post-mining reclamation process. This area has had its topsoil replaced and will be planted with loblolly and slash pine in the winter. In the distance is a wetland area the mine avoided.

Mining Proposal Near Okefenokee Promises Jobs, Raises Environmental Concerns

Just above the Florida border, there’s a vast — and famous — swamp: the Okefenokee. It’s more than 400,000 acres of wilderness, with black water, pine...

August 05, 2019
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  • Emily Jones
A longleaf pine limb during a prescribed burn earlier this spring in west Georgia. Dry conditions mean planned burns of longleaf stands in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge are on hold.

Okefenokee Wildfire Points To Dry Conditions In Georgia

A wildfire in a small part of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is under control, but the fire points to already dry conditions in the state.

May 20, 2019
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  • Grant Blankenship

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