Ready Made Raccoon Homes

Excerpt from the 1926 History of the Okefenokee Swamp by AS McQueen and Hamp Mizell: “There are literally thousands of raccoons in … More

Canoe Trail Blaze?

Throughout the Okefenokee grows all manner of lichens and mosses. These scaly fungi add texture and color to the swamp … More

Paddling upstream, against a slow but constant current, the canoe run gets darker and darker. Although it is only nearing … More

Even in our modern age of campgrounds, well-marked trails, and battery-operated flashlights and GPS, the Okefenokee Swamp can still become … More

There is no solitude like sitting in a dark cove within the Okefenokee Swamp. The dark water of the Suwannee … More

An excerpt from my March 2017 Okefenokee nature journal… Saturday, 8:41 PM – I’m sitting on a cot in our … More

No matter how many trips I make to the Okefenokee, my excitement always builds exponentially as I near the refuge … More

An alligator is a whole lot of tail! Full of muscle and strength, the tail makes up half of an … More

A passage from my Okefenokee journal from March 2017 after coming upon a pod of juvenile alligators: At 9:50 AM, … More

A 2015 encounter with a mother alligator and her babies in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge reminded me of the … More