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The Okefenokee Swamp is a vast bog inside a huge, saucer-shaped depression that was once part of the ocean floor. [7] The swamp now lies 103 to 128 feet (39 m) above mean sea level. [7] Peat deposits, up to 15 feet (4.6 m) thick, cover much of the swamp floor. [7]
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.
Stephen C. Foster State Park is a 120-acre (49 ha) state park in the Okefenokee Swamp in Charlton County, Georgia. The park offers visitors several ways to explore the swamp 's unique ecosystem . In November 2016, the park was recognized as a Dark Sky park by the International Dark Sky Association .
If the Okefenokee receives a UNESCO World Heritage Site protection status, it will very likely save the environment and help local jobs.
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?
Oct. 5—WAYCROSS — Officials with the Okefenokee Swamp Park here have planned a month of swamp fun as they celebrate 75 years of preservation of the natural oasis that is rich in history ...
The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida line in the United States. A majority of the swamp is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee Wilderness.
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 ...