Mindi Kassotis' friends and family were told the wife of a decorated former Navy JAG officer had died unexpectedly in a ...

In 2021, Richard Rhodes, interpretive naturalist, began to work at the Okefenokee Swamp to lend his expertise as a guide with ...

A series of land deals in Georgia have put an end to the controversial Twin Pines project — while also opening up thousands of acres to public access ...

The state of Georgia has plans to purchase land in the Okefenokee Swamp and turn it into a new wildlife management area.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Josh Howard has been coming to Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp for 50 years, starting with his grandfather taking him there, then ...

What happens when a community’s quest for survival clashes with the fate of one of the world's most unique ecosystems? In rural Georgia, the Okefenokee Swamp is at the center of a tense debate.

Georgia will soon turn a piece of land previously owned by a company that tried to mine near the Okefenokee Swamp into a new ...

GEORGIA — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff announced he was backing a proposal to expand the Okefenokee Wildlife Regue in Georgia to protect the land, adding to the list of people contesting plans to mine the ...

Georgia is set to distribute more than $30 million for parks and outdoors projects around the state. The list includes a forest in Atlanta, a nature reserve along the Chattahoochee River and a ...

Environmentalists are celebrating a rare win of keeping a mining operation from opening up next to a National Wildlife refuge in South Georgia. Environmental groups in Georgia are celebrating a big ...

A conservation group purchased land near the swamp and wildlife refuge to halt a company’s bid to mine for titanium. A high-profile, yearslong fight over a proposal to mine near the nation’s largest ...

Josh Howard has been coming to Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp for 50 years, starting with his grandfather taking him there, then taking his own children. He knows just about every inch of the place. "We ...