The meeting is 7PM tonight in Lake City, with remote participation options; see: https://wwals.net/?p=60792 January 26, 2023 To: Scott Koons, E.D., North Central Florida Regional Planning Council Re: Limit water withdrawals, strip mine near Okefenokee Swamp, Valdosta trash Dear NCFRPC, Thank you for the opportunity for public input. I would like to bring to the […]
GA-EPD is providing more public comment opportunity than it has been promising for the past year. It has opened a comment period on Twin Pines Minerals Mining Land Use Plan, after which it will do what it previously promised: issue a draft permit and open a comment period on that. You can object now to […]
Old news is new again. You can help make this resolution and others affect the miners’ plans: https://wwals.net/issues/titanium Terry Richards, Yahoo News and Valdosta Daily Times, January 1 2023, Valdosta on record opposing mining operation, Jan. 1—VALDOSTA — More than a year ago the Valdosta City Council joined lawmakers across South Georgia opposing controversial mining […]
Where is the divide in the Okefenokee Swamp between the Suwannee and St. Marys River Basins? Here are some more maps that do not resolve that question. For better resolution, advice from a qualified hydrologist is needed. For reaching the likely divide area by water or land, it appears there are no open paths. Which […]
She finally said what she did not say when she toured the Okefenokee Swamp back in September. You can also tell the state of Georgia to stop the proposed strip mine far too close to the Okefenokee Swamp, the headwaters of the Suwannee and St. Marys Rivers, above the Floridan Aquifer from which we all […]
Update 2022-11-08: Tickets for the Refuge fee: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/okefenokee-paddle-and-floyds-island-camping-tickets-464297485277?aff=ebdssbdestsearch Because of the time change from DST to EST, the sun will set at 5:30 PM, so Shirley has moved the gather and launch times an hour earlier, to “give everyone time to get to Floyd’s and set up camp before it gets dark. Saturday we will […]
Nobody said anything new about the titanium strip mine proposed near the Okefenokee Swamp, when the Board of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources met at the Stephen C. Foster State Park Eco-Lodge, just outside the Okefenokee Swamp, in Fargo, Georgia. But you can tell Georgia legislators and candidates in the election that a majority […]
Update 2022-12-08: Unacceptable risk to mine near the Okefenokee Swamp –U.S. Interior Secretary Haaland 2022-12-07. Update 2022-10-06: GA-DNR Board does not discuss mining near Okefenokee Swamp 2022-09-27. Last Friday Interior Secretary Deb Haaland toured to Okefenokee Swamp, along with Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff. Deb Haaland at ONWR I was there
Update 2022-11-09: Refuge fee tickets and start a hour earlier. This is primitive, wilderness camping and paddling at its best. To come on this outing be sure that you are comfortable paddling your loaded boat for 9 miles against a moderate current with only 1 stopping point to get out for a break. Minnie’s Lake […]
Clergy, scientists, local governments, and elected officials have spoken out for protecting the Okefenokee swamp from risky mining proposals. And now a poll of Georgia voters shows that they are in good company. A clear majority (69 percent) of Georgians said that Georgia’s Governor should take “immediate action” to protect the Okefenokee swamp from risky […]
