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America’s Largest Blackwater Swamp Is Home to an Estimated 15,000 Alligators—and It May Be the Next UNESCO World Heritage Site
Set at the headwaters of the Suwannee and St. Marys rivers in southeastern Georgia, the Okefenokee Swamp is not only one of ...
The start of the biggest birding week in America: Where experts recommend to go and what you can expect to see
Friday marked the official start to the "Biggest Week in American Birding." According to Metroparks Toledo and the Black ...
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Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
A 2.25-mile boardwalk curves through the sanctuary's pine flatwood, wet prairie, around a marsh, and finally into the largest old-growth bald cypress forest in North America; visitors can take a ...
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The Americas Explained: The Amphibious Black Bears of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Swamp
Tonight, we journeyed together to “The Gulf Coast,” where the southeastern corner of North America meets ... and is home to the largest swamp in America, the Atchafalaya River Basin.
Former GA governor, USG Chancellor Sonny Perdue pushes for Okefenokee Swamp preservation
University System of Georgia Chancellor and former Gov. Sonny Perdue added his voice to a list of supporters working to ...
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Shareholder vote asking chemical producer to assess impacts on Okefenokee seen as a victory
a move aimed largely at plans to mine titanium near the Okefenokee Swamp. Green Century, an environmentally responsible mutual fund, and the Felician Sisters of North America filed a resolution ...
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Deep in the Swamps, Archaeologists Are Finding How Fugitive Slaves Kept Their Freedom
the idea that maroons also existed in North America has been rejected by most historians. “In 2004, when I started talking about large, permanent maroon settlements in the Great Dismal Swamp ...