The primitive conditions of the Okefenokee Swamp alone make it a challenging endeavor for a multi-night excursion. And if photography…
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Okefenokee “Curlew”
Because of their preference for shallow wetlands, the White Ibis is a common inhabitant of the Okefenokee Swamp. eBird frequency…
Okefenokee Alligator Research
As my daughter and I paddled away from the Suwannee Canal launch area for our three-day overnight excursion into the…
Okefenokee Swamp Sandhill Cranes
Whenever a car stops along Swamp Island Drive, a wildlife viewing drive winding through the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, you…
Okefenokee Overnight Packing
Paddling and camping the Okefenokee Swamp is truly a wilderness experience. Everything you will need must be brought with you……
It is spring in the Okefenokee…
A beautiful description of spring in the Okefenokee Swamp from Cecil Hulse Matchat’s 1938 novel, Strange Green Land: “It is spring…
Okefenokee Overnight Permit Process
The only campground within the Okefenokee Swamp is at the Stephen C Foster State Park on the western side of…
Okefenokee Options
Of all the wonderful natural places within driving distance of my home, why do I find myself making repeated five-hour…
A Drive Down Swamp Island Drive
From our home in Athens, Georgia, the drive to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is about five hours. Even if…
Swallowed at One Gulp
An excerpt from E. A. McIlhenny’s 1935 book, The Alligator’s Life History: “When an alligator catches food that is too large…
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 