Daryl Fuller Perritt, 59, of Waycross passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at the Malcolm Randall Veterans Hospital in ...

House Bill 562 would provide a five-year moratorium on new mining on Trail Ridge, and House Bill 561, the Okefenokee Protection Act, would prohibit future mining in the area. Neither bill would ...

Two bills that would go toward protection of the Okefenokee Swamp and its national wildlife refuge remain in a General Assembly subcommittee following around two hours of testimony and discussion t ...

Don’t get your hopes up, but a couple of bills have surfaced in the Legislature addressing the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (insert oxymoron here) giving approval for Alabama-based T ...

ATLANTA – Environmental activists asked Georgia House lawmakers Monday to enact a moratorium on mining adjacent to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed expanding the boundaries of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Opponents of a proposed mine near the swamp want the feds to "think bigger." ...

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A visitor to Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp recorded a rarely seen part of the alligator mating ritual called the head slap, researchers say. Jennifer Berglund video screengrab Male alligators ...

A huge sinkhole that forced residents in Surrey out of their homes could take as long as a year to fix, the council has warned. Residents from 30 properties were evacuated after a sinkhole appeared on ...

University of South Florida scientists may soon get to live and work at sea, as they will have access to a floating research vessel and an underwater habitat. A vertically floating vessel and an ...