Ask Georgia legislators to support HB 71 to protect the Okefenokee Swamp from mining 2023-02-12

The headwaters of the Suwannee and St. Marys Rivers, the Okefenokee Swamp, is threatened by a proposed strip mine too close to it. That mine site also sits above the Floridan Aquifer, from which we all drink.

Here is a handy form you can use to ask your Georgia state legislators to support HB 71, to protect the largest blackwater wetland in North America:
https://protectgeorgia.org/okefenokee/#/366/

[Bear: Protect the Okefenokee]
Bear: Protect the Okefenokee

And don’t forget to send GA-EPD comments on the Mining Land Use Plan:
https://wwals.net/?p=60735

Floridians, you can comment to GA-EPD. And ask your friends and relatives to contact their Georgia legislators.
https://wwals.net/about/elected-officials/georgia-house/

Remember, the Okefenokee Swamp is partly in Florida and all upstream from Florida.

For much more about this bad strip mine project by Twin Pines Minerals, LLC, see:
https://wwals.net/issues/titanium-mining

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/

4 thoughts on “Ask Georgia legislators to support HB 71 to protect the Okefenokee Swamp from mining 2023-02-12”

  1. Evie Tison

    Please don’t destroy our beautiful wetlands ! Your project is not welcome and you are not interested in keeping our nature as it should be kept.

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