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Resolutions for Okefenokee Swamp, against strip mine --Suwannee Riverkeeper @ SGRC 2021-12-09 [Up]

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Documents:

  1. Homeland resolution 1200-070821 of July 8, 2021
  2. St. Marys resolution 7-19-21-1 of July 19, 2021
  3. Kingsland resolution 2021-09
  4. Ware County resolution 2021-14 of September 28, 2021
  5. Joint resolution 21-78 of Waycross and resolution 2021-15 of Ware County dated October 11, 2021.
  6. Valdosta-Resolution-for-Opposition-to-a-Strip-Mine-111021.pdf
  7. Echols County Okefenokee Resolution 2023-08-03.
  8. Clinch County Resolution against strip mine, for Okefenokee Swamp 2023-09-11
  9. A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA REQUESTING PROTECTION FOR THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP October 24, 2023
  10. Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) supports HB 71, Okefenokee Protection Act, January 5, 2024
  11. CITY OF NASHVILLE RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION OF STRIP MINING IN THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP OR ADJACENT LANDS, January 8, 2024
  12. RESOLUTION URGING PROTECTION OF OKEFENOKEE SWAMP, CITY OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, January 25, 2024
  13. Berrien County resolution for the Okefenokee Swamp against the Twin Pines Minerals proposed strip mine 2024-02-06.
  14. Hamilton County, Florida, resolution for the Okefenokee Swamp, against the strip mine 2024-02-20
  15. Atkinson County, GA, resolution for the Okefenokee Swamp against the strip mine 2024-03-14.

The only local government resolution in favor of the mine:

  1. Charlton County Resolution supporting the proposed titanium mine near the Okefenokee 2019-08-15.

You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/

Pictures

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[Suwannee Riverkeeper; Okefenokee Swamp, mine site]
Suwannee Riverkeeper; Okefenokee Swamp, mine site

Videos

[Movie: Resolutions for the Okefenokee swamp against a mine --Suwannee Riverkeeper (239M)]
Movie: Resolutions for the Okefenokee swamp against a mine --Suwannee Riverkeeper (239M)

[Jody Redding, Field Representative, GA Governor]
Jody Redding, Field Representative, GA Governor

Maps

[Okefenokee Swamp north]
Okefenokee Swamp north

[Okefenokee Swamp south]
Okefenokee Swamp south

Logos

[Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE)]
Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE)

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