In the early years of our nation, the Okefenokee Swamp was thought to be an uninhabitable wilderness never to be…
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An Alligator’s Quick Snapping Jaws
Excerpt from E.A. McIlhenny’s 1935 book, The Alligator’s Life History: “How quick an alligator can snap its jaws, was proven to…
Overwhelming Okefenokee
Every time I dip my oars into the blackwaters of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, I am overwhelmed: overwhelmed by…
Okefenokee Prairies: Like Nowhere Else in the World
Excerpt from Francis Harper’s Mammals of the Okefinokee Swamp, published March 1927: The prairies contribute more than any other feature to…
Like Logs of Wood
A description of the American Alligator from an 1829 publication describing the wild animals in the zoos of London… “Alligators…
Alligator Osteoderm Armor
All along its back – from neck to tail – the American Alligator is armored with bony scales called osteoderms.…
Vigorous Prairie Sawgrass
The swamplands and marshes of Georgia and Florida are similar in appearance: vast, wide, flat, void of defined travelways, and…
What’s Behind the Glass?
Dark tannic waters reflect the upper world perfectly. The mirror-like blackwater displays inverted Cypress Tree buttresses and their mossy-green knees…
Long Time Mythical Land
In 1875, The Atlanta Constitution funded and documented an exploration of the Okefenokee Swamp. Over the next months, newspapers across the nation…
Clean and Pristine Okefenokee
One thing that is pleasantly noticeable in the clean and pristine wilderness of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is the…
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 