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After years of trying, environmentalists neutralize a mining threat near Okefenokee
The Conservation Fund ensures Okefenokee refuge will remain wild by purchasing nearly 8,000 acre property near swamp.
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Land deal saves Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp from mining project
The Conservation Fund's purchase halted a widely opposed titanium mining proposal near the largest blackwater swamp in North ...
Mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp halted after nonprofit purchases the site
The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit, announced Friday it has purchased the proposed site of a deep earth mine near ...
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Native America Calling: The Tulsa Race Massacre and a ‘dismal’ swamp
A reparations package seeks to compensate Black residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a violent, racist attack on their community ...
Birmingham company's mining project near Georgia wildlife refuge stalls over $2M permit requirement
A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its ...
Savannah Morning News2d
Six-year effort to protect Okefenokee ends in win for swamp, wildlife
The Conservation Fund announced Friday that it had agreed to buy Twin Pines Minerals’ property on Trail Ridge near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, ending a six-year effort to protect ...
Okefenokee mining site purchased for $60M. Land buyers credit public advocacy
The largest black water swamp in North America has been on the minds of conservation groups for six years. How the land deal ...
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Land deal stops mining project near Okefenokee Swamp, though advocates brace for future threats
An Alabama company that was close to receiving the final go-ahead from the state of Georgia to mine near the Okefenokee ...
Okefenokee Swamp mining site sold to Conservation Fund, ending project
The Conservation Fund confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that the land as purchased for just under $60 million.