Mobile Billboard to Be Launched Friday in Atlanta to Spotlight Proposed Mine s Threat to Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge biologicaldiversity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from biologicaldiversity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ATHENS — The Georgia River Network is hosting introductory kayak classes in August and September to help train new paddlers who are finding their way to Georgia’s rivers as an
Paddle events to include Ochlockonee and Flint river excursions moultrieobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from moultrieobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Fate of planned mine near Okefenokee left to Georgia agency
By RUSS BYNUMJune 7, 2021 GMT
FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) More than 160 years after her great-great-grandfather settled on a patch of land surrounded by water in the Okefenokee Swamp, Sheila Carter takes visitors on guided canoe tours for firsthand looks at the swamp’s abundant alligators and stilt-legged birds wading among blooming water lilies.
Even when she’s not working, Carter often paddles the tea-colored waters to find peace amid the vastly unspoiled wilderness. She fears it could be irreparably harmed if a mining company is allowed to dig for minerals just outside the Okefenokee, home to the largest U.S. wildlife refuge east of the Mississippi River.
Georgia River Network, in partnership with the University of Georgia Press, has released the sixth installment in the organizationâs River Userâs Guide book series. The Ocmulgee River Userâs Guide is now available.
The book is a comprehensive guide to boating, fishing and camping along the 250-mile length of the Ocmulgee River in Middle Georgia as well as the riverâs three main tributaries, the South, Yellow and Alcovy rivers which course through metro Atlanta.
Printed on waterproof paper and featuring color maps of every mile of the four rivers along with color photographs, the book is more than just a recreational guide. It brings to life the riverâs cultural and natural history, detailing points of interest that river travelers will encounter.