Swamp supporters have been nudging officials to tap the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge for the honor for several years. Kim Bednarek, executive director at the Okefenokee Swamp Park & Okefenokee ...

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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 ...

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 – 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 ... president of ...

The Department of the Interior today announced that Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge will be nominated to join the UNESCO World Heritage List. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, managed by the ...

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 ...