The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is raising flags that Twin Pines Minerals, LLC, a company seeking to mine next to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, has been benefiting from a state tax credit meant for conservation.
Georgia’s Forest Land Protection Act provides 10-year covenants where landowners promise to keep certain land use practices in timber or conservation. In return, property owners receive a property tax reduction of sometimes up to 60% or 70%.
The SELC found the covenant while looking through property tax records. SELC Senior Attorney Megan Huynh said Twin Pines Minerals has been receiving these tax benefits since 2019, and the covenant is set to last through 2034. Twin Pines said it would maintain the property as conservation forest land during that time period.
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