My Okefenokee Swamp journal, October 25, 2022… A few weeks before my October 2022 trip, I was told by a…
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Happy 90th Birthday Mr. Dick Flood, the legendary “Okefenokee Joe”
I made my first visit to the Okefenokee Swamp in 1997. I wasn’t able set foot within the refuge again…
Luxuriant Blades of Never Wet
From naturalist Francis Harper’s journal during his first visit to the Okefenokee Swamp; May 1912. “The run passed between lines…
Creepy Claws
What lurks beneath those waters? That question rolls in the mind as one attempts to peer through the blackwater of the…
Deadly Serpent in a Dismal Wild
Excerpt from the 1875 Okefenokee Exploration by The Atlanta Constitution: “Now our knees began to feel weak, and tremble beneath…
Upcoming Fall Okefenokee Excursion
It’s time for a fall trip to my favorite destination: the Okefenokee Swamp! It’s been a long, busy summer so…
Floating Islands of Trembling Earth
Excerpt from the 1875 Okefenokee Exploration by The Atlanta Constitution: “There are dense thickets of small shrubs, almost impenetrable, except to…
Fall in the Okefenokee
When most people think of fall foliage, they think of afternoon hikes in the Smokey Mountains or drives on winding…
Sights in Bygone Days
Excerpt from Francis Harper’s Mammals of the Okefinokee Swamp, published March 1927: “Long field experience and rare powers of observation have…
Alligator Nests and Eggs
A passage from William Bartram’s Travels, in which he examines the nest of the American Alligator during his exploration of Georgia…
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 