![Rep. John Corbett, a Lake Park Republican, speaks against a bill that would ban future mining applications at Trail Ridge near the Okefenokee Swamp as the bill sponsor, Rep. Darlene Taylor, sits to his left. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2023-03/john_corbett.jpg?itok=OY09jdJ9)
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Rep. John Corbett, a Lake Park Republican, speaks against a bill that would ban future mining applications at Trail Ridge near the Okefenokee Swamp as the bill sponsor, Rep. Darlene Taylor, sits to his left.
Credit: Jill Nolin / Georgia Recorder