Conservation group makes $60M land deal to end mining threat outside Okefenokee Swamp

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 America

Conservation group to pay $60 million to stop Alabama mining company project in Georgia

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 opponents feared could irreparably damage an ecological treasure.

Historic land deal halts mining project next to Okefenokee Swamp

The move puts an immediate halt to a project that scientists and environmentalists had feared could irreparably damage North America’s largest blackwa

Land deal stops mining project near Okefenokee Swamp, though advocates brace for future threats

An Alabama-based company that was close to receiving the final go-ahead from the state to mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge has decided to instead sell the land to a nonprofit focused on conserving at-risk sites. Twin Pines Minerals,…

After years of trying, environmentalists neutralize a mining threat near Okefenokee

ATLANTA — The Alabama company that planned to mine titanium dioxide next to the Okefenokee Swamp has agreed to sell its property to an environmental fund, ending — for now — a threat to more than 350,000 acres of designated…

Land deal ends controversial mining fight near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp

The landmark deal ends a years-long fight over a proposed mine next to one of the South’s last truly wild places.