Shut down strip mining in the Okefenokee Refuge!

A massive strip mine proposal is poised to threaten wildlife in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Help us shut it down by signing our petition today!

Twin Pines Minerals, an Alabama-based company, is once again pushing for approval to break ground on a roughly 8,000-acre mining project right next to the Okefenokee. If their permits are granted, the refuge’s wildlife - including Florida black bears, herons, alligators and more – will be in danger.

With your help, we can stop this destructive project before it starts! Add your signature urging the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD) to reject Twin Pines’ permit applications today!

Add your signature before the deadline: Tell GA EPD to reject strip mining permits and protect over 1,000 species in the Okefenokee Refuge!

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Georgia Environmental

Protection Division

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division

Director Dunn,

I’m reaching out to urge the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD) to reject Twin Pines Minerals’ applications for permits to break ground on the first phase of a roughly 8,000-acre mining project next to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

According to scientists, including those from the University of Georgia, the Draft Mining Land Use Plan is “deeply flawed,” and undermined by faulty inputs. Most importantly, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—the land manager whose resources stand to be adversely affected—continues to express grave misgivings and expects the project to impact not only the hydrological integrity, but the wilderness character and recreational value of its lands.

The Okefenokee is home to over a thousand species and records as many as 700,000 visits per year. The refuge is poised to become the first World Heritage Site in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Projects that stand to potentially diminish the swamp’s function and overall integrity cannot be permitted to proceed.

I ask that Georgia EPD reject the permits required for Twin Pines Minerals to move forward with this mining project, which plainly stands to endanger wildlife and the local communities that depend on the refuge.

I appreciate the opportunity to comment on this important matter.

Sincerely, 
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