Tag Archives: Chesser Island Road Landfill

Georgia needs better economic solutions for forestry and rural south Georgia 2025-06-26

I’m going to agree with something a supporter of the now bought-out mine said: we need better economic solutions for south Georgia forest owners. And beyond that, for south Georgia. So counties and cities won’t be tempted by jobs promised by mines, landfills, private prisons, and pellet plants.

[Georgia needs better economics, for forestry & rural south Georgia, Drew Jones, Charlton Co. Commission, Okefenokee Swamp & blackwater rivers]
Georgia needs better economics, for forestry & rural south Georgia, Drew Jones, Charlton Co. Commission, Okefenokee Swamp & blackwater rivers

Drew Jones wrote in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution today, June 26, 2025, Okefenokee deal exposed how Georgia’s forest policy is flawed and needs reform, Continue reading

Chesser Island Road Landfill 2019-10-05

Seen from the east edge of the Okefenokee Swamp, Waste Management’s Chesser Island Road Landfill.

[Closeup, Landfill, Chesser Island Road, 30.692743, -82.076377]
Closeup, Landfill, Chesser Island Road, 30.6927430, -82.0763770
Photo: John S. Quarterman for WWALS on Southwings flight, pilot Allen Nodorft, 2019-10-05.

This landfill is off of GA 23 south of Folkston, GA, in Charlton County, and is well known for accepting Continue reading