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The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is a 402,000‑acre (1,627 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in Charlton, Ware, and Clinch Counties of Georgia, and Baker County in Florida, United States. The refuge is administered from offices in Folkston, Georgia.
A federal agency is asserting legal rights to waters that feed the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge, setting up a new battle with a mining company seeking permits to withdraw more ...
The park is accessed by taking the Vereen Bell Memorial Highway (Highway 177 South, Okefenokee Trail) to the southern side of the Cowhouse Island. This is the northernmost entry point to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The Okefenokee Swamp is the most extensive blackwater swamp in North America and covers over 438,000 acres.
Okefenokee Wilderness is a 353,981 acre (1,432.5 km 2) U.S. Wilderness Area located in southeastern Georgia in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. It was established and governed under the Wilderness Act of 1974 when 343,850 acres (1,391.5 km 2 ) were designated as wilderness by Public Law 93-429 .
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in south Georgia may expand its boundary by 22,000 acres. Public input on it has been extended to Dec. 9.
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge covers nearly 630 square miles (1,630 square kilometers) in southeast Georgia and is home to alligators, bald eagles and other protected species.
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Floyds Island Hammock is a historic site in the swamp of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Charlton County, Georgia. Also known as Hebard Cabin and Floyd's Cabin, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The listing included a contributing building, a contributing structure (Railroad Piling & Bed), and four ...