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A photographic exploration of Georgia's Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to highlight this habitat for continued future preservation.

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Tag: Chesser Prairie

Floating Islands of Trembling Earth

Excerpt from the 1875 Okefenokee Exploration by The Atlanta Constitution​: “​There are dense thickets of small shrubs, almost impenetrable, except to … More

Atlanta Constitution, Chesser Prairie, Georgia, Hooded Pitcher Plant, iNaturalist, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Expedition 1875, Okefenokee Swamp, Wetlands Habitat, williamwisephoto

Floating Peat Islands: The Land of Trembling Earth

Although fiction, this excerpt from an 1895 adventure novel is a perfect illustration of why the Okefenokee is named “The … More

Canoe, Chesser Prairie, Conservation Photography, Georgia, Louis Pendleton In the Okefenokee, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Journal, Okefenokee Swamp, Wetlands Habitat

Okefenokee’s Exceedingly Rich Hammock Land

Excerpt from the 1875 Okefenokee Exploration by The Atlanta Constitution: BILLY’S ISLAND, OKEFENOKEE SWAMP, November 27, 1875 – “Lee and myself are … More

Atlanta Constitution, Canoe, Chesser Prairie, Cypress Swamp, Georgia, Kayak, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Expedition 1875, Okefenokee Swamp, Swamp Prairie, Travel Photography, williamwisephoto

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

Canoe, Chesser Prairie, Francis Harper, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Tater Rake Run, Wetlands Habitat, williamwisephoto

Vigorous Prairie Sawgrass

The swamplands and marshes of Georgia and Florida are similar in appearance: vast, wide, flat, void of defined travelways, and … More

Canoe, Chesser Prairie, Conservation Photography, Everglades, Georgia, Golden Club, Maidencane, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Travel Photography, Wetlands Habitat, White Water Lily, williamwisephoto

Okefenokee Options

Of all the wonderful natural places within driving distance of my home, why do I find myself making repeated five-hour … More

Canoe, Chesser Prairie, Georgia, Grand Prairie, Kayak, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Journal, Okefenokee Swamp, Travel Photography

Okefenokee Prairies and Fire

Like the wide open prairies of the Midwest, the Okefenokee prairies are large, open spaces that are composed of grasses, … More

Chesser Prairie, Georgia, Habitat Succession, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Wetlands Habitat, wildfire

Bottomless Muck

A December, 1875 Okefenokee Expedition report made to the State Geologist of Georgia, by C.A. Locke, Engineer in charge, Charleston … More

Chesser Prairie, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Peat Islands, Swamp Prairie, Travel Photography, Trembling Earth

Little Houses on the Prairies

AN EXCERPT FROM SUWANNEE RIVER, STRANGE GREEN LAND BY CECILE HULSE MATSCHAT, 1938. “​The prairies – the swamp folk’s name for the … More

Cecile Matschat, Chesser Prairie, Cypress House, Georgia, Kayak, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Neverwet, Okefenokee Swamp, Swamp Stock Photo, Travel Photography, williamwisephoto

Rena Ann Peck: Save the Okefenokee Swamp

Editorial published in the Calhoun Times on November 26, 2020 by Rena Peck: Since 2018 when Twin Pines Minerals, LLC, … More

Chesser Prairie, Conservation Photography, Editorial Rena Peck, Endangered, Georgia, Hooded Pitcher Plant, Mining, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Threatened, Wetlands Habitat, williamwisephoto
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