CONTRIBUTOR'S VIEW - Dick Yarbrough: A victory in Okefenokee mining controversy but threat isn’t over - LaGrange Daily News

YARBROUGH: A victory in Okefenokee mining controversy — but the threat isn’t over

As you may be aware by now, a major victory has been declared in the fight to stop Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals from strip mining land adjacent to our Okefenokee National Wildlife Reserve in order that the world never run out of toothpaste whitener.

CONTRIBUTOR'S VIEW - Dick Yarbrough: A victory in Okefenokee mining controversy but threat isn’t over - LaGrange Daily News

As you may be aware by now, a major victory has been declared in the fight to stop Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals from strip mining land adjacent to our Okefenokee National Wildlife Reserve in order that the world never run out of toothpaste whitener. The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit specializing in acquiring at-risk lands, announced it has purchased the property for just under $60 million from Twin Pines, who can go crawl back in the hole …