Environment Georgia

08/11/2026

Thank you Congressman Hank Johnson for cosponsoring the America the Beautiful Act. This bipartisan bill will fund projects in places like Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest and Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

07/25/2026

Today, the Okefenokee became Georgia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site! https://environmentamerica.org/georgia/media-center/statement-okefenokee-recognized-with-unesco-world-heritage-designation/

07/25/2026

Thank you Rep. Lucy McBath for cosponsoring the America the Beautiful Act. This bipartisan bill will fund projects in places like Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest and Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

07/09/2026

Thank you for cosponsoring the Great American Outdoors Act 250. This bipartisan bill will fund projects in places like Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest and Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

06/24/2026

1 million acres of the boreal forest are chopped down every year. Tell Costco: Don’t sell toilet paper made from critical habitat in the boreal forest.

The vast boreal forest is too special to be torn down and flushed away.

06/16/2026

Thank your Congressman Buddy Carter & Representative Mike Collins for cosponsoring the Great American Outdoors Act 250. This bipartisan bill will fund projects in places like Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest and Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

04/22/2026

This Earth Day, your gift can have twice the impact for wild forests like the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. Donate before midnight to get your gift matched, up to $50,000 nationwide.

Make an Earth Day donation before midnight on April 22 and your gift will be matched, up to $50,000 nationwide.

04/17/2026

Tell the Forest Service to keep our national forests wild. Adding your name will help save our wild forests like the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.

You can help save towering trees. Be a guardian for our national forests: Add your name now.

01/30/2026

Now, researchers have found more evidence that the Okefenokee is linked to the aquifer and that drawing water from the aquifer would effectively draw water from the swamp.

New research from University of Georgia scientists has found evidence that the Okefenokee Swamp is linked to the Upper Floridian Aquifer, suggesting that mining in the area could harm the swamp's ecosystem.

01/21/2026

Join us this Friday (1/23/26) at noon to learn more about Georgia’s efforts to reduce PFAS in drinking water and what you can do in your home to reduce toxic ‘forever chemicals.’ Register today: https://environmentamerica.org/georgia/events/no-toxics-on-tap/