Our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge has been officially designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It happened a couple of weeks ago at a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Busan, South Korea. Experts say that being a World Heritage site should be an economic boon. Both pro-mining and anti-mining forces have produced studies on the potential impact of mining Trail Ridge, good and bad. Our Okefenokee is now a World Heritage site.