The Swamp
This U.S. state contains most of the Okefenokee Swamp.
What is Georgia?
The mining company proposing a project near the swamp is called this.
What is Twin Pines Minerals?
Mining can cause this type of pollution when soil and minerals wash into nearby waters.
What is water pollution or sediment runoff?
This large reptile is one of the swamp’s most famous residents.
What is the American Alligator?
This is when visitors come to the Okefenokee to enjoy its plants, animals, and natural scenery.
What is Tourism?
The Okefenokee is one of the largest of this type of ecosystem in North America.
What is a freshwater swamp or peat bog?
The company plans to mine this mineral.
What is titanium (titanium dioxide)?
Dust and emissions from mining equipment contribute to this form of pollution.
What is air pollution?
The Okefenokee provides habitat for over 200 species of this kind of animal.
What is a bird?
These rules and laws are designed to prevent environmental damage and protect wetlands.
What are enviornmental regulations?
This river begins in the Okefenokee Swamp and flows south into Florida.
What is the Suwanee River?
The proposed mine site is located along this natural ridge that borders the swamp.
What is Trail Ridge?
Polluted runoff can harm this process that plants use to make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
The Okefenokee’s slow-moving, tea-colored water provides a perfect home for these cold-blooded animals that depend on warm, sunny spots.
What are reptiles?
This organization provides funding for projects that protect Georgia’s natural areas, including swamps.
What is the Georgia Conservation Fund?
The word “Okefenokee” comes from a Native American phrase meaning this.
What is "land of the trembling Earth"?
Mining could alter this underground feature that keeps the swamp’s water levels stable.
What is an aquifer or groundwater storage?
When mining changes the land surface, it can destroy this type of natural filter ecosystem that cleans water.
What are wetlands?
If pollution or mining lowers water quality, it can disrupt this system that connects all plants and animals in the swamp.
What is a food web?
Communities worry that mining or pollution could damage and degrade these.
What are Natural Resources?
The Okefenokee covers roughly this many acres.
What is about 400,000 acres?
The mining project near the Okefenokee is meant to collect titanium, a mineral used in products like these.
What are paints, plastics, and sunscreen?
When mining changes the soil and water chemistry, it can release harmful metals that poison fish and plants. This type of pollution is called what?
What is chemical pollution?
The swamp’s water is dark because of this.
Laws like the Clean Water Act help prevent this from harming wetlands and the plants and animals that live there.
What is Pollution or Enviornmental Damage?