Kemp, it's now or never for the Okefenokee The Okefenokee is fire adapted, burning frequently on its own schedule. Natural fires keep the swamp in natural flux, rejuvenating the mosaic of habitats ...

Christopher Hunt, a lands policy analyst for Defenders of Wildlife, said while the swamp's alligators, snakes and other ...

Experiencing wildlife diversity is one of the things to do in the Okefenokee Swamp Park. While exploring, I recommend you look for the red-cockaded woodpecker, an indigo snake and a wood stork.

Still, some who are concerned about the fate of the Okefenokee ... swamp’s hydrology, allowing it to support rare and endangered species like red-cockaded woodpeckers, gopher tortoises, indigo ...

Its vast, untrammeled ecosystems support hundreds of species of plants and animals, including endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers and threatened eastern indigo snakes ... in the United States. The ...

Over the years, earlier bids by large corporations to mine near the swamp have been stopped. Josh Marks, president of advocacy group Georgians for the Okefenokee, called the boundary expansion "a ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal agency said Friday that it has approved a plan to expand the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge, setting up a potential buyout offer for land intended for a ...

The Okefenokee Swamp is considered one of the last remaining large, intact freshwater ecosystems in the world. As such, it's been nominated as an UNESCO World Heritage Site. By Woolwerth Imagery / ...