Okefenokee Southern Blue Flag Iris

In the spring, there are splashes of purple and blue along the canoe trails of the Okefenokee Swamp. I have … More

Okefenokee Tiger Moth Caterpillar

The Okefenokee blackwater is decorated in the spring with the golden fingers and bright green plumes of the Golden Club … More

The Okefenokee continues to make the news as conservationists sound the alarm against a proposal from Twin Pines Minerals to … More

The waters of the Okefenokee Swamp, particularly the more open lakes, are often covered in bright green lily pads. The … More

An excerpt from William Bartram’s Travels, Part II, Chapter III: “The long moss, so called, is a singular and surprising vegetable production: … More

On our May 2020 Okefenokee canoe trek, the Golden Clubs were no longer sporting many of those beautiful yellow and … More

There is hope in seeing a young Okefenokee Cypress taking root and reaching toward the sky. The naturalists of old … More

A large clump of thick green leaves sits high in otherwise bare tree. The thick glossy leaves growing are completely … More

From the broad, sweeping bird’s-eye-view, down to the smallest detail of living organism, the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is full … More

“WE approached the savanna at the South end, by a narrow isthmus of level ground, open to the light of … More