Sonny Perdue, President Donald Trump’s former agriculture secretary and current University System of Georgia chancellor, is urging the administration to support adding a vast, federally protected wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp to a list of globally treasured natural and cultural sites recognized by the United Nations.
The swamp near the Georgia-Florida state line was nominated under President Joe Biden, whose priorities Trump has worked swiftly to dismantle during his first 100 days since returning to the White House.
Now the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is being touted by Perdue, a former two-term Georgia governor who led the Department of Agriculture during Trump’s first term.
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