But the largest swamp in the country isn't in either of those two locations. It's in southern Louisiana, and it brims with wildlife and opportunities to see wild animals up close. The Atchafalaya ...

The AJC has learned a former top U.S. wildlife official wrote Gov. Brian Kemp to warn that a mine planned near the Okefenokee Swamp would threaten the fragile ecosystem.

In a letter to Kemp dated Jan 15 - five days before leaving office to make way for the incoming Trump administration - then-FWS Director Martha Williams called the Okefenokee “o ...

The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, encompassing more than 400,000 acres between the border of Georgia and Florida, is a crucial refuge for endangered and ...

Dec. 29—The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has extended the temporary closure of the boardwalk at Great Baehre Swamp Wildlife Management Area, including the town of Amherst's ...

LAFITTE IS ONE OF THE LAST WORKING BAYOU COMMUNITIES LEFT IN THIS STATE, WHERE THE WILDLIFE IS MORE THAN ABUNDANT. YOU NAME IT, IT’S OUT HERE, INCLUDING THE KING OF THE SWAMP. THERE WAS A BIG ...

Fred Wurster’s favorite time to walk through the Great Dismal Swamp is at dusk. Pushing through thick vegetation and swatting away mosquitoes, he gets to a section of this 113,000-acre national ...