Every time I dip my oars into the blackwaters of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, I am overwhelmed: overwhelmed by … More
Category: Okefenokee Swamp
Okefenokee Prairies: Like Nowhere Else in the World
Excerpt from Francis Harper’s Mammals of the Okefinokee Swamp, published March 1927: The prairies contribute more than any other feature to … More
Like Logs of Wood
A description of the American Alligator from an 1829 publication describing the wild animals in the zoos of London… “Alligators … More
Alligator Osteoderm Armor
All along its back – from neck to tail – the American Alligator is armored with bony scales called osteoderms. … More
Vigorous Prairie Sawgrass
The swamplands and marshes of Georgia and Florida are similar in appearance: vast, wide, flat, void of defined travelways, and … More
What’s Behind the Glass?
Dark tannic waters reflect the upper world perfectly. The mirror-like blackwater displays inverted Cypress Tree buttresses and their mossy-green knees … More
Long Time Mythical Land
In 1875, The Atlanta Constitution funded and documented an exploration of the Okefenokee Swamp. Over the next months, newspapers across the nation … More
Clean and Pristine Okefenokee
One thing that is pleasantly noticeable in the clean and pristine wilderness of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is the … More
Okefenokee Getaway
The Okefenokee Swamp teaches us a something about our lives on this planet. It lets us know how dependent we … More
Ahead was a Dark Dense Swamp
Excerpt from the 1875 Okefenokee Exploration by The Atlanta Constitution: September 19, 1875. — “Ahead of us was a dark and dense … More
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 