America’s largest blackwater swamp is home to more than 10,000 gators and the only gold-tier International Dark Sky Park in ...

The Okefenokee Swamp is an enormous peat bog 38 miles long by 25 miles wide, created 7,000 years ago. Kenneth Fletcher When I first read about the Okefenokee Swamp as a 10-year-old boy, I immediately ...

FOLKSTON, Ga. — Between its size and preservation, there isn’t another place quite like it on earth. It’s located not much more than an hour drive from most of Jacksonville. And yet despite that ...

FOLKSTON, Ga. (WSAV) – A major environmental proposal has been introduced that could have lasting impacts on Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The proposal could provide a new layer of protection ...

To David Walter Banks, there’s something special about the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater swamp in North America. There’s a mystical quality, the photographer says, that’s hard to explain to ...

GEORGIA — As the year comes to a close, and a new presidential administration is set to lead Washington in January, there’s a final push to prevent a titanium mining project from getting closer to ...

Kayak camping is one of my favourite things to do, but I never thought I would enjoy camping in a swamp. My mind was changed ...

FILE - The sun sets on the lily pads and floating vegetation in the Chesser Prairie inside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on March 30, 2022, in Folkston, Ga ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs to do just one ...