Researchers found mercury levels are higher in the Okefenokee than other gator hotspots in the Southeast. How they sampled ...

The Conservation Fund's purchase halted a widely opposed titanium mining proposal near the largest blackwater swamp in North America.

A hotly debated mining project near the federally protected Okefenokee Swamp has stalled over a $2 million permit requirement ...

A conservation group said Friday it has reached a $60 million deal to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that environmentalists spent years battling over a proposed mine that ...

Mercury contamination is surfacing as a serious concern in parts of Georgia and South Carolina, particularly in regions like the Okefenokee Swamp. University of Georgia researchers found ...

The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit, agreed to pay $60.1 million for 7,765 acres near the Okefenokee Swamp once ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservation group said Friday it has reached a $60 million deal to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that environmentalists spent years battling ...

A hotly debated mining project near the federally protected Okefenokee Swamp has stalled over a $2 million permit requirement needed before Georgia regulators make a final decision.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs to do ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs to do ...