Good News From Trail Ridge
OSFR has spent a lot of time and driven many miles opposing this risky mining operation by a company unprepared for safe mining operations. This land purchase is a victory for the Wildlife Refuge, but […]
Another Push for Okefenokee
OSFR has spent time and energy in this fight to protect Trail Ridge and the Okefenokee Swamp. Twin Pine Minerals, the mining company, has shown itself to be incompetent and untrustworthy. Thanks to Betty Johnson […]
No Part of Florida Is Safe From Mining
This covert proposal has now been withdrawn, but serves to show how sneaky corporations can be to hide their intentions from the public. Read the original article here at WINK News. Comments by OSFR historian […]
Georgia Has No Right to Put Okefenokee At Risk
Things do not look good for the Twin Pines mining threat near the Okefenokee Swamp, as the State of Georgia has issued draft permits for this mining. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division is depl0ying a […]
More Confirmation That Twin Pines Is Not Fit to Mine Near Okefenokee
This latest findings by the State of Georgia further confirms what we have been saying for years: that Twin Pines is not competent to mine safely near the national treasure that is the Okefenokee Swamp. […]
More Pressure On Kemp and Georgia EPD to Protect Swamp
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has plenty of grease on his palm provided by mining interests, countered by a US senator, the US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, plus a few grass roots environmental groups, […]
Grave New Threats From Mining
Sea bottom. Photo Wikimedia Creative Commons. New threats continue to surface. Already our Gulf waters are threatened by new attempts at aquaculture, aided by Mote Marine Lab and other government agencies. Humankind is hell-bent on […]
Absolutely No Need For a Mine Next to Okefenokee
As luck or coincidence or evil forces would have it, the same day that HPS II penned their letter withdrawing the mining permit application in Bradford County, the Georgia EPD released the mining plan for […]
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