Leonardo DiCaprio urges action to protect Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

CHARLTON COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp is considered one of the world’s most unique environments.

A mining company from Alabama, Twin Pines Minerals, LLC, is lobbying to mine for titanium dioxide at a location roughly three miles from the federally protected wildlife refuge.

While lawmakers did not come to a decision on how to proceed in the legislature, Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio took to Instagram on Friday afternoon to urge action in Georgia to protect the Okefenokee Swamp.

“Help save one of the most significant wetlands on Earth from an 8,000-acre strip mine,” his post reads in part. “The Okefenokee Swamp’s National Wildlife Refuge in southern Georgia was created to protect native wildlife and the ethereal rivers that wind through its 400-year-old cypress forests. This landscape is home to Bald Eagles, Eastern Indigo Snakes, Bobcats, Gopher Tortoises, Black Bears and over 13,000 American Alligators.”

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The Oscar-winning actor is urging protection for the …