If you're retired and have more time to spend exploring the U.S., you can head to this recreation area on a Georgia river and take all the time you need.

FOLKSTON, Ga. — Members of the Georgia State House have once again introduced bills to protect the Okefenokee Swamp from mining threats. The Okefenokee was named a National Wildlife Refuge in 1937, ...

A slate of 14 guided canoe and kayak trips, ranging from explorations of the blackwater Okefenokee Swamp in South Georgia to whitewater thrills on the Chattahoochee River in North Georgia are on tap ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1973, then Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter paddled the Chattooga River with Claude Terry. Carter pushed to have a stretch of the ...

GEORGIA, USA — Nonprofit Georgia Rivers is launching a new river recreation program to expand access to kayak fishing training and trips that will debut this spring. A press release said Fish Georgia ...

Georgia and Alabama are proposing a settlement to a long-running dispute over water flows in the Chattahoochee River, although the deal won't address objections from groups in Florida over how much ...

The Athens-based Georgia Rivers Network is organizing in opposition to legislation expected to under consideration in the session that starts next month: lawmakers are looking at a measure the Rivers ...

Flathead catfish are invading another Georgia river, state officials warn, a predator that would threaten native fish including the prized redbreast sunfish. The Georgia Department of Natural ...

Georgia Rivers, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the state’s rivers, is hosting a celebratory gala in Atlanta on Sept. 18. The event will commemorate the organization’s successful efforts in ...