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Agency approves expanding Okefenokee wildlife refuge, setting up possible buyout of mining project
The Okefenokee refuge covers nearly 630 square miles (1,630 square kilometers) in southeast Georgia and is home to more than 400 animal species, including alligators and bald eagles. The swamp’s ...
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Protect the Okefenokee from mining
Kudos to Dick Yarbrough for his outstanding editorial about the Okefenokee Swamp and the dangerous threat posed to it by mining. Several of his points bear repeating. First, he indicates that ...
Macon Telegraph on MSN11d
Former head of Fish and Wildlife Service goes to bat for Okefenokee in Georgia
The former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently urged Gov. Brian Kemp to block a proposed mine near ...
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Okefenokee Expansion
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, encompassing more than 400,000 acres between the border of Georgia and Florida, is a ...
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Proposed Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge expansion could lead to buyout of mining project
The Okefenokee refuge covers nearly 630 square miles (1,630 square kilometers) in southeast Georgia and is home to more ...