Protecting National Wildlife Refuges from Mining & Drilling: Interview with George Nickas of Wilderness Watch

<p>The Okefenokee Natl Wildlife Refuge wetland in Georgia is fending off a potential titanium mine and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska continues to be threatened by oil and gas drilling disrupting caribou and bird nurseries. George Nickas, Exec. Dir. of <a href='https://wildernesswatch.org/'>Wilderness Watch</a>, explains the unified efforts of environmental organizations and citizen groups working to defend these precious natural wilderness areas from damaging industrial extractions that fail to provide a "refuge" for wildlife. This 25-minute interview, by host Carrie Freeman of In Tune to Nature, aired on Sept 9, 2020.</p> <p>In Tune to Nature airs live Wednesdays from 6:30-7pm EST on radio station 89.3FM-Atlanta and worldwide on <a href='https://wrfg.org/'>wrfg.org</a> (Radio Free Georgia, non-commercial independent radio). The show's website is <a href='http://www.facebook.com/intunetonature'>www.facebook.com/intunetonature</a> </p> <p>See also <a href='https://protectokefenokee.org/'>https://protectokefenokee.org/</a> The Okefenokee Protection Alliance</p>