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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, September 10, 2021, 11:47 a.m.: Flower and spider: A spider sits on a lily pad next to a flower in the water of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
The 2024 students were joined by a team from UGA Marketing and Communications to promote the program. They joined for the hike in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Photo by Guy Kemelmakher.
To honor my sister, we visited the Okefenokee swamp on what would have been her 54th birthday. This was one of her favorite spots to take pictures and she visited here on many past birthdays. Happy Birthday, Deanna!!
Okefenokee, “Land of the Trembling Earth”, was a favorite hunting and fishing ground for many tribes of Indians. General Charles Floyd with 250 dragoons drove out the last of these, the Seminoles, in 1838 ending Indian rebellion in southern Georgia. In 1937 the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service acquired most of the 400,000 acres of the swamp. Now a sanctuary for wild life, it abounds in rare species of birds, mammals, fish and reptiles in a vast natural botanical garden. All hunting is prohibited; some fishing is allowed.