An excerpt from my 2017 Okefenokee Journal: Paddling up the red trail just before 9:30 AM, we came to a … More
Tag: Alligator
Not a Pleasure Excursion
EXCERPT FROM THE 1875 OKEFENOKEE EXPLORATION BY THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION “We are receiving applications daily by letter and in person, to … More
Watch the Roadsides!
The Swamp Island Drive is a 7-mile driving trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. It winds through a typical … More
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
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 