About the Okefenokee

Useful Links

• US Fish and Wildlife Page – https://www.fws.gov/refuge/okefenokee/
• USFWS Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/okefenokeewildliferefuge
• Stephen C Foster State Park Campground – https://gastateparks.org/StephenCFoster
• Laura S Walker State Park Campground – https://gastateparks.org/LauraSWalker
• Okefenokee Adventures – https://okeswamp.org/okefenokee-adventures/
• Okefenokee Swamp Park – https://okeswamp.org/okefenokee-swamp-park/
• Okefenekee Swamp Park Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/okeswamp/

Books in my Okefenokee Library

I have read these books repeatedly over the years and they are the sources of much of the information contained in my Okefenokee blogs.

• Bowman, Clint. Okefenokee Tales. Zaltbommel, Netherlands, Van Haren Publishing, 2015.
• Constantino G and Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. 2006. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge: Comprehensive Conservation Plan (https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/DownloadFile/1508)
• Folkerts, George, and Lucian Niemeyer. Okefenokee. University Press of Mississippi, 2002.
• Georgia Wildlife Federation. The Okefenokee Swamp. Natural Georgia Series, Volume 6, Number 1. Georgia Wildlife Press, 1997.
• Harper, Francis, and Delma Eugene Presley. Okefinokee Album. Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam University Press, 1981.
• Harper, Francis. The Mammals of the Okefinokee Swamp Region of Georgia. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 1927.
• Hartley, Tommy. The Last Remaining Indian in the Okefenokee Swamp. LAH Publishing Company, Georgia, 2003.
• Knox, Rose, and Graham Schorb. Old Tales of the Forgotten South in a Georgia-Florida Swamp. Florida Historical Society Press, 2018.
• Matschat, Cecile Hulse. Ladd of the Big Swamp: A Story of the Okefenokee Settlement. The John C. Winston Co., 1954.
• Matschat, Cecile Hulse, and Key Alexander. Suwannee River: Strange Green Land. The Literary Guild of America, Inc., 1938.
• McQueen, A.S. and Hamp Mizell. History of the Okefenokee Swamp. 1926. Reprinted by Charlton County Historical Society, Georgia
• Morgan, Wayne and Don Berryhill. Okefenokee Swamp – Wild & Natural. Zirkle Press, LLC, 2013.
• Nelson, Megan Kate. Trembling Earth: A Cultural History of the Okefenokee Swamp. University of Georgia Press, 2009.
• Okefenokee Joe. Swampwise. Okefenokee Joe Enterprises, 2017.
• O’Neill, D., Dominque, E. A., & Domingue, E. . Paddling Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Falcon, 1998.
• Pendleton, Louis. In the Okefenokee: A Story of War Time and the Great Georgia Swamp. United States, Roberts Brothers, 1895.
• Petty, Marsanne. The Okefenokee Expeditions of 1875 (A Newspaper Capers Book). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
• Polseno, Jo. Secrets of a Cypress Swamp. Golden Press, New York, 1976.
• Schoettle, T., & van Couvering, L. . A Naturalist’s Guide to the Okefenokee Swamp. H. E. Taylor Schoettle, 2002.
• Trowell, C.T.. The Suwannee Canal Company in the Okefenokee Swamp. South Georgia College, 1984
• Wright, Albert Hazen. Life-Histories of the Frogs of Okefinokee Swamp, Georgia. Comstock Pub. Associates, 2002.
• Wright, Albert and Francis Harper. A Biological Reconnaissance of the Okefinokee Swamp: The Birds. The Auk, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct., 1913), pp. 477-505 Published by: Oxford University Press. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4072048

Other related books used in preparing my blogs

• Bartram, William, and Thomas Slaughter. William Bartram: Travels and Other Writings. Library of America, 1996.
• Brown, Larry. A Guide to the Mammals of the Southeastern United States. University of Tennessee Press, 1997.
• Gibbons, Whit, et al. Turtles of the Southeast Illustrated, University of Georgia Press, 2008.
• Gibbons, Whit, et al. Lizards and Crocodilians of the Southeast. Illustrated, University of Georgia Press, 2009.
• Gibbons, Whit and Joe Mitchell. Salamanders of the Southeast . Illustrated, University of Georgia Press, 2010.
• Gibbons, Whit and Michael Dorcas. Frogs and Toads of the Southeast. University of Georgia Press, 2008.
• Gibbons, Whit, et al. Snakes of the Southeast. University of Georgia Press, 2005.
• Gove, Doris. Audubon Guide to the National Wildlife Refuges: Southeast: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South … Guides to the National Wildlife Refuges).St. Martin’s Griffin, 2000.
• Halfpenny, James, et al. Scats and Tracks of the Southeast. Falcon, 2002.
• McCollum, Jerry, et al. Georgia Wildlife Viewing Guide. Lenz Design & Communications, 1996.
• McIlhenny, E. The Alligator’s Life History. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1976.
• Okefenokee Joe. Snake Hunter Snake Talk. Okefenokee Joe Enterprises, 2019.
• Ouchley, K.. American Alligator: Ancient Predator in the Modern World. University Press of Florida, 2013.
• Rudloe, Jack. The Wilderness Coast. Zaltbommel, Netherlands, Van Haren Publishing, 2004.
• Torrey, Bradford. A Florida Sketch-Book. Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59608/pg59608-images.html
• Vliet, Kent, and Wayne Lynch. Alligators: The Illustrated Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation. Illustrated, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.

Related photography books in my collection

• Gomersall, Chris. Wildlife Photographer: A Course in Creative Photography. Reprint, Frances Lincoln, 2012.
• Lepp, George, and Kathryn Vincent Lepp. Wildlife Photography: Stories from the Field. 1st ed., Lark Books, 2010.
• Littlehales, Bates, and Rulon Simmons. National Geographic Photographing Birds. National Geographic, 2006.
• Tipling, David. The Bird Photography Field Guide: The Essential Handbook for Capturing Birds with Your Digital SLR (The Field Guide Series). 1st ed., Focal Press, 2011.
• Weston, Chris. Nature Photography: Insider Secrets from the World’s Top Digital Photography Professionals. 1st ed., Focal Press, 2008.