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The Okefenokee Preservation Society, formed in 1918, promoted nationwide interest in the swamp. [3] With the support of state and local interests and numerous conservation and scientific organizations, the Federal Government acquired most of the swamp for refuge purposes in 1936. [3]
Okefenokee Wilderness. 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.
The Okefenokee Swamp is part of the Southeastern conifer forests ecoregion. Much of the Okefenokee is a southern coastal plain nonriverine basin swamp, forested by bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and swamp tupelo (Nyssa biflora) trees. Upland areas support southern coastal plain oak domes and hammocks, thick stands of evergreen oaks.
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. Will the Okefenokee Swamp get bigger?
If the Okefenokee receives a UNESCO World Heritage Site protection status, it will very likely save the environment and help local jobs.
A U.S. agency said Friday it will nominate the vast, federally protected wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp for listing as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The National Park Service filed a ...
The Okefenokee Swamp is the most extensive blackwater swamp in North America and covers over 438,000 acres. The Okefenokee Swamp Park is headquarters for its founding and administrative body, the Okefenokee Association, Inc., which was granted a sublease to Land Lot 20 in the Dixon Memorial Forest from the U.S. Department of Interior in 1945.
A company's plan to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge neared final approval Friday as Georgia regulators released draft permits for ...