I’m a Mom and a Wildlife Ecologist. Here’s What Gives Me Hope About the Planet

As climate change and biodiversity loss make headlines, the Wild Kingdom host explains why young conservationists — and her ...
CNN

Capturing the ‘mystical’ energy of the Okefenokee Swamp

To David Walter Banks, there’s something special about the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater swamp in North America. There’s a mystical quality, the photographer says, that’s hard to explain to ...
The New York Times

For Once, Some Good News About a Fragile Ecosystem

Ms. Renkl, a contributing Opinion writer, reports from Nashville on flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. When Twin Pines, an Alabama-based mining company, bought a big chunk of ...
Courthouse News Service

Land deal saves Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp from mining project

Drawing roughly 800,000 visitors each year, the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is one of the last intact blackwater swamps in North America and is home to hundreds of plant and animal species, ...
T&D

Preserving Endangered Species: The Gopher Tortoise and Cooperative Energy's Approach

Listen to a Narrated Version of This Story in the ICYMI Series for the Line Life Podcast Wes Graham holds up his hand like a sergeant halting his squad. “See him? There he is,” he said. The ...
Townhall

Dear UNESCO: Hands Off Okefenokee Swamp

In my new CFACT Conservation Country report, I investigated this December 2024 Biden-Harris administration policy. Currently, 92 percent of Okefenokee Swamp- or 407,000 acres - is a federally-managed ...
Altoona Mirror

Gopher tortoises, ecosystem intertwined

A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida’s Panhandle while my sister Erica and I were there. It didn’t know how lucky it was. Across Florida, builders are required to ...