NPCA helped protect Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from the threat of a damaging mine.

The swamp is also home to hundreds of kinds of plants and animals, including threatened and endangered species like the red-cockaded woodpecker, indigo snake and wood stork. It forms the headwaters of ...

The Okefenokee refuge covers nearly 630 square miles (1,630 square kilometers) in southeast Georgia and is home to more than 400 animal species, including alligators and bald eagles. The swamp’s ...

Visitors enjoy a boat tour of the Okefenokee Swamp on Monday, Mar. 18, 2024, in Folkston, Ga. (Hyosub Shin/AJC 2024) By Drew Kann Nov 13, 2024 ...

The Okefenokee refuge covers nearly 630 square miles (1,630 square kilometers) in southeast Georgia and is home to more than 400 animal species, including alligators and bald eagles. The swamp’s ...

The Okefenokee refuge covers nearly 630 square miles in southeast Georgia and is home to more than 400 animal species, including alligators and bald eagles.

The Okefenokee is huge, covering hundreds of miles, but it is shallow — only two feet deep in many places — and it isn’t fed by any waterways. Rain is the swamp’s only source of replenishment.

The AJC has learned a former top U.S. wildlife official wrote Gov. Brian Kemp to warn that a mine planned near the Okefenokee Swamp would threaten the fragile ecosystem.

The Okefenokee refuge covers nearly 630 square miles (1,630 square kilometers) in southeast Georgia and is home to more than 400 animal species, including alligators and bald eagles.