The Okefenokee Swamp was protected as a wildlife refuge ... The swamp has long been a fishing destination for regional anglers, and today, it's known as a fly-fishing destination for those ...

The first time I heard about the Okefenokee Swamp – a 438,000-acre, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida line – was ...

Georgia environmental regulators could decide any day now whether to clear an Alabama-based company to mine next door to Georgia’s famed Okefenokee Swamp. Now, a pair of bills that would prevent ...

Bednarek, executive director of Okefenokee Swamp Park and Adventures ... up spending some of her 20s living in Alaska, working on fishing boats. At the other end of the temperature spectrum ...

Members of the Georgia State House have once again introduced bills to protect the Okefenokee Swamp from mining threats ... more public uses like hunting, fishing, wildlife watching and education ...

Georgia House lawmakers are considering two bills that would ban mining near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Proponents of the ban argue that mining would damage the swamp's ecosystem and ...

Fifth-grade students at Mamie Lou Gross Elementary recently had an encounter with animals from the Okefenokee Swamp. Katie ...

Members of the Georgia State House have once again introduced bills to protect the Okefenokee Swamp from mining threats ... more public uses like hunting, fishing, wildlife watching and education ...

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