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Big news: after a yearlong effort I have secured the restoration of protection for Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp and surrounding wetlands. This one of America’s most important wetland habitats.

savannahnow.com

Army Corps blocks mine near Okefenokee, cites failure to consult Muscogee Creek Nation

The decision came after a request from Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff to restore federal protections of the wetlands in the country’s largest blackwater swamp

12:18 AM · Jun 4, 2022

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Thank you from this environmental scientist!

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Good news. It still offends me that neighboring Clinch County is named after a slave-owning military commander who led many brutal assaults on native tribes and escaped slaves in Georgia and Florida.

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This is excellent news. Well done ✅

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I’m sure Herschel Walker would do stuff like this.

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Sonia mom to kitties Chester and Max

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Congratulations Senator and your constituents are extremely fortunate to having you working for all of them

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She is Dr. Zoroaster

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This is amazing news!! Many thanks for your work.

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This is great news!!

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Chris Maytag v9.1

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I'd be in favor of preserving it even if it were a parking lot just because of the name. A-plus name, Okefenokee Swamp. I mean...

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Wow a senator that works for his state. What a novell idea. We're stuck with Scott and rubio here in Florida. But we have a great king, king DeSantis

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Thank you!

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