The Swamp Island Drive is a 7-mile driving trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. It winds through a typical … More
Category: Okefenokee Alligators
The American Alligator abounds in the blackwater swamps of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.
Tolerant Alligator
The tall tales told throughout the generations have made the American Alligator out to be a fearsome beast ready to … More
Power of an Alligator’s Jaws
An excerpt from EA McIlhenny’s 1935 book, The Alligator’s Life History: “The power of an alligator when closing its jaws and … More
Jean Harper to President Roosevelt
It was a 1933 letter from Jean Harper to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt which lead to the protection of the … More
Techno-Gators!
You know we’ve advanced technologically when even alligators are wearing GPS! Reviewing my photographs from a November, 2021 trip to … More
Back in the Okefenokee
Although the timed releases of my nature journals make it seem like I’m always in the Okefenokee Swamp, I live … More
Alligator Tapetum Lucidum
Shining the spotlight from the bow of our john boat, shining specks materialized across the inky black waters within the … More
Great Gloomy Swamp
An excerpt from Francis Harper’s 1913 paper “A Biological Reconnaissance of the Okefinokee Swamp”, published in The Auk, the official publication of the … More
Boney Hide of an Alligator
Paddling upstream, against a slow but constant current, the canoe run gets darker and darker. Although it is only nearing … More
Baby Alligator Refuge
A shadowed, meandering channel runs just north of Billy’s Lake in the Okefenokee. It is the Middle Fork of the … More
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 