FOLKSTON — As the sun peaked through trees draped in Spanish moss on a March afternoon, Michael Lusk steered a boat into the Okefenokee Swamp wilderness. Across a flooded prairie, great egrets ...

For centuries, the Okefenokee Swamp has been a haven for people, animals, and plants. ... giant cypress trees cloaked in Spanish moss, and peat islands floating among alligators and lily pads.

The Okefenokee is known for its black waters, but the swamp is very shallow—just 1 to 3 feet deep in most places—and an estimated 75% of its supply comes from rainfall.

FOLKSTON, GA. | Chip Campbell first explored Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge as a Boy Scout. He was barely 12 - and it was love at first sight. "You know how some kids like to play in creeks,… ...

The Okefenokee, a rare headwater swamp—it feeds both the St. Marys and the Suwannee Rivers—is home to thousands of species, including the threatened eastern indigo snake and red-cockaded ...

Conservationists are celebrating a win in southern Georgia. On June 20, The Conservation Fund (TCF) announced that it had ...

By Larry Rice OKEFENOKEE SWAMP, GEORGIA: Covering approximately 680 square miles of southeastern Georgia and a corner of Florida, the Okefenokee Swamp is one. ... moss, and slime.

For centuries, the Okefenokee Swamp has been a haven for people, animals, and plants. ... giant cypress trees cloaked in Spanish moss, and peat islands floating among alligators and lily pads.

The 402,000-acre Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, occupies most of the Okefenokee Swamp’s total acreage in southeast Georgia. It is filled with ...

It’s easy to dismiss the Okefenokee Swamp since it’s not in our backyard. ... felt the satisfying squish of gravity-defying peat moss and most importantly, ...

NASHVILLE — I have a dim memory of being taken on a boat ride in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge when I was 4 or 5. I remember tea-dark water lapping at the boat, a white bird on stilt ...

America’s Largest Blackwater Swamp Is Home to an Estimated 15,000 Alligators—and It May Be the Next UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here's what to know about Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp before ...