The time is now. Time is running out in this Georgia General Assembly session for our elected officials to take action to protect the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from the continuing threat of ...

Dear Gov. Kemp and Environmental Protection Division director Jeff Cown: The Okefenokee Swamp has always held a mythical allure, bolstered by tall tales and folk songs my father used to sing about it.

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 ...