The Okefenokee In The News
- Camp Charlie will allow newbies to experience Okefenokee, Yahoo! News/The Albany Herald, Ga., September 24, 2022
- OKEFENOKEE Heavy & Precious, The Bitter Southerner, September 21, 2022
- NEWS BRIEF: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge fights to gain World Heritage listing: 400,000 acres, thousands of animal and plant species, Creative Loafing/Original Atlanta, September 21, 2022
- Dozens of Groups Urge Interior Department to Greenlight Okefenokee World Heritage Bid: North America’s Largest Blackwater Swamp Deserves Global Recognition, Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity, September 20, 2022
- Secretary of the Interior visits the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Charlton County Herald, September 20, 2022
- Interior secretary visits Okefenokee, The Brunswick News, Ga./Yahoo! News, September 20, 2022
- Clear majority of Georgians oppose mine, The Brunswick News, Ga./Yahoo! News, September 19, 2022
- Georgians want protection for Okefenokee, ValidostaToday.com, September 19, 2022
- Proposed titanium mine near Florida’s Okefenokee wildlife refuge moving forward after Army Corps of Engineers drops protections, Spot on Florida, September 19, 2022
- Visit from Interior Secretary shines a light on Okefenokee supporters, The Current, September 17, 2022
- Sen. Ossoff, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Inspect Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Press Release, September 16, 2022
- GA Groups Fight to Stop Mine Near Okefenokee, Public News Service, September 16, 2022
- Share Secretary Haaland Highlights Conservation Efforts, Wildfire Prevention Investments, During Visit to Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Press Release, September 16, 2022
- Majority of Georgians say governor should protect Okefenokee | Jobs, Albany Herald, September 15, 2022
- 7 Places To Commune With Nature in Georgia, Yahoo News, August 19, 2022
- Okefenokee Swamp lures you in with its peaceful, haunting beauty, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 28, 2022
- State leaders must act to protect Okefenokee, The Brunswick News, July 26, 2022
- GALLERY: Story time with Okefenokee Wildlife, Coastal Courier, July 26, 2022
- Story time highlights wildlife refuge, Coastal Courier, July 26, 2022
- Muscogee Creek Nation gets a say in management of Georgia’s Okefenokee wildlife refuge, WBUR, July 21, 2022
- 15-foot snake shot and killed by police as it was strangling man, CBS News, July 21, 2022
- Okefenokee mine permit revoked by Army Corps, Hatch, June 7, 2022
- Why the Muscogee (Creek) Nation gets a say on the Okefenokee mine proposal, Wabe, June 6, 2022
- Federal government reverses decision on mine near the Okefenokee, Wabe, June 4, 2022
- Sen. Ossoff Secures Restored Protection of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Press Release, June 4, 2022
- Fox 31 News Briefing: Senator Jon Ossoff is advocating for the protection of the Okefenokee swamp – May 25, 2022
- Okefenokee Swamp Day To Be Proclaimed at Georgia Capitol, Coastal Courier, Feb. 7, 2022
“I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society.”
~ The Atlantic, June 1862, Henry David Thoreau
Photo by: Joy Campbell