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Environmentalists celebrate rare win as Georgia swamp is saved from mining threat

WABE 90.1 | By Marisa Mecke
Published July 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM EDT

Environmentalists are celebrating a rare win of keeping a mining operation from opening up next to a National Wildlife refuge in South Georgia.

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