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Company wants to mine at edge of protected Okefenokee Swamp

Environmental groups express concern

Visitors canoe along a canal in the Okefenokee Swamp near Fargo, Ga. A company is seeking permits to mine minerals near the edge of the swamp, a vast untamed wilderness that's home to the largest national wildlife refuge in the eastern U.S. - photo by EDDIE LEDBETTER/staff

okefenokee — Visitors canoe along a canal in the Okefenokee Swamp near Fargo, Ga. A company is seeking permits to mine minerals near the edge of the swamp, a vast untamed wilderness that's home to the largest national wildlife refuge in the eastern U.S. - photo by EDDIE LEDBETTER/staff

SAVANNAH — A company is seeking permits to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp, a vast untamed wilderness that's home to the largest national wildlife refuge in the eastern U.S.

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