SAVANNAH — Scientists for the federal government say documents that Georgia state regulators relied upon to conclude a proposed mine won't harm the nearby Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge contain technical errors and "critical shortcomings" that render them unreliable.
Scientists say mine plan claiming no swamp harm has errors
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![The Red Trail of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge winds through a stand of cypress trees on the way to the Stephen C. Foster State Park on April 7, 2022, in Fargo, Ga. Scientists for the federal government said March 17, 2023, that documents that G](https://statesboroherald.cdn-anvilcms.net/media/images/2023/03/23/images/okefenokee.max-752x423.jpg)
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