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Fate of planned mine near Okefenokee left to Georgia agency By RUSS BYNUMJune 7, 2021 GMT FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — More than 160 years after her great-great-grandfather settled on a patch of land surrounded by water in the Okefenokee Swamp, Sheila Carter takes visitors on guided canoe tours for firsthand looks at the swamp’s abundant alligators and stilt-legged birds wading among blooming water lilies. Even when she’s not working, Carter often paddles the tea-colored waters to find peace amid the vastly unspoiled wilderness. She fears it could be irreparably harmed if a mining company is al...

Sen. Jon Ossoff toured the Okefenokee Swamp by boat and helicopter last week and was briefed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials there on the swamp’s conservation status, biological and hydrological conditions, and ongoing efforts to assess the potential environmental impact of a mining company's plans to mine near the edge of the wetland wildlife refuge. “The Okefenokee is a sacred natural resource,” Ossoff said in a prepared statement. “I am grateful to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for their diligent protection of this precious wildlife refuge, and last week’s b...

HAHIRA — Environmental groups, including the Suwannee Riverkeeper and the WWALS Watershed Coalition, have sent a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp asking him to stop the proposed titanium strip mine from being allowed within a few miles of the Okefenokee Swamp in south Georgia and north Florida. The letter, which lays out evidence to support the groups’ request, states: “Georgia is all that stands between a titanium strip mine within a few miles of the Okefenokee Swamp, proposed by coal miners from Alabama. Please direct the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to thoroughly examine...