little yellow bird was singing. We were delighted to find this increasingly rare species living alongside huge alligators. The cycle of life is no more evident than inside the Okefenokee Swamp.

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. NASHVILLE — I have a dim memory of being taken on a boat ride in the Okefenokee ...

Bednarek is at the front of a boat gliding through a corner of the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater ... “You hear the barred owls, and when the frogs get going it’s almost deafening ...

Charlene Carter’s family has spent generations in and around the Okefenokee Swamp. Its tannin-stained waters are practically part of her blood; its hundreds of bird species her eternal ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The Okefenokee Swamp is one of the world’s largest blackwater wetlands. Each experience is truly unique, based on the weather, time of year and water levels.

Set at the headwaters of the Suwannee and St. Marys rivers in southeastern Georgia, the Okefenokee Swamp is not only one of America’s most important ecosystems, but it's also the largest ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The boundaries of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge will be expanded, following a decision by ...

Please stand, crawl, hop or slither as you are able and recite the OCA pledge: ‘I pledge allegiance to the Okefenokee Swamp and the peat ... So, as we owls are want to say, Whooo in the hoot ...

Kudos to Dick Yarbrough for his outstanding editorial about the Okefenokee Swamp and the dangerous threat posed to it by mining. Several of his points bear repeating. First, he indicates that ...

“For the Okefenokee, mining that would harm the swamp is bad for business,” said Rena Ann Peck, the executive director of the Georgia River Network. Roughly 600,000 tourists visit the swamp ...

Two bills introduced in the Georgia House of Representatives aim to protect the Okefenokee Swamp from mining operations. One bill proposes a five-year moratorium on mining, while the other seeks a ...