FOLKSTON — A federal plan to expand the boundaries of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge received a largely warm reception at a town hall meeting held Tuesday night on the edge of the swamp ...

along the boundaries of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, the largest federal refuge east of the Mississippi River.

ATLANTA – Supporters of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) plan to add about 22,000 acres to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge asked the agency Monday to consider a larger expansion to ...

Georgia’s Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, home to the largest intact blackwater swamp in North America and thousands of plant and animal species, will be nominated to join the United ...

If formally designated, the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge would join the ranks of more than 1,200 other global hot spots — from the Grand Canyon to the Taj Mahal in India and the Great ...

One of Georgia's biggest natural spaces could get even bigger in the near future. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a proposal that would expand the boundary of the Okefenokee National ...

In September the National Park Service also announced its intention to nominate the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to join the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

For the last 10 months, the decision on whether a titanium mine can be built just 3 miles outside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge has been in the hands of the Georgia Environmental ...

ATLANTA – A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan to expand the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge – including land near the swamp being eyed by a mining company – received strong support ...

The sun sets over water lilies and cypress trees along the remote Red Trail wilderness water trail of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in 2022 in Fargo, Ga. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...