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A medium-size bird with black and white feathers and a long tail standing on a rock in a field

Visiting a National Park? Try a National Wildlife Refuge, Too

Trails for Non-Hikers

Wildlife Wonders

Weathering the Cold

A woodpecker perched on a tree with a bug in its mouth.

Endangered Species Act

Downlisting of Red-cockaded Woodpecker from Endangered to Threatened

A sign on an Okefenokee swamp water trail reads Entering National Wilderness Area

Wildlife Management

Okefenokee Proposed Expansion

September 2024, Bird of the Month – Eastern screech-owl

A brown bison grazes in the foreground with Denver and the Rocky Mountains rising in the background

2024 Winners, National Wildlife Refuge Association Awards

Left, Joe Lester Chesser and his grandson Andrew stand in front of the old Homestead site that is now part of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Joe, 89, grew up there and left when the refuge took over in 1971. Today Andrew works for the American Conservation Experience taking care of 120 canoe trails in the refuge.

History and Culture

Explore a Family Legacy: Journey Through Chesser Island in the Okefenokee Swamp

Migratory Species

Hummingbirds of North America

In Their Own Words

Kevin Enge, left, FWC, and Travis Thomas, UF, right, pose while holding a large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle with their boat and Suwannee River in the background. This is the 15th year the two men have been trapping and monitoring the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle to conserve and protect them.

Endangered Species Act

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

FAQ - Okefenokee NWR and Twin Pines Mine

A woodpecker perched on a tree with a bug in its mouth.

Endangered Species Act

Downlisting of Red-cockaded Woodpecker from Endangered to Threatened

A sign on an Okefenokee swamp water trail reads Entering National Wilderness Area

Wildlife Management

Okefenokee Proposed Expansion

A medium-size bird with black and white feathers and a long tail standing on a rock in a field

Visiting a National Park? Try a National Wildlife Refuge, Too

Trails for Non-Hikers

Wildlife Wonders

Weathering the Cold

September 2024, Bird of the Month – Eastern screech-owl

A brown bison grazes in the foreground with Denver and the Rocky Mountains rising in the background

2024 Winners, National Wildlife Refuge Association Awards

Left, Joe Lester Chesser and his grandson Andrew stand in front of the old Homestead site that is now part of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Joe, 89, grew up there and left when the refuge took over in 1971. Today Andrew works for the American Conservation Experience taking care of 120 canoe trails in the refuge.

History and Culture

Explore a Family Legacy: Journey Through Chesser Island in the Okefenokee Swamp

Migratory Species

Hummingbirds of North America

In Their Own Words

Kevin Enge, left, FWC, and Travis Thomas, UF, right, pose while holding a large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle with their boat and Suwannee River in the background. This is the 15th year the two men have been trapping and monitoring the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle to conserve and protect them.

Endangered Species Act

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

FAQ - Okefenokee NWR and Twin Pines Mine

A platform sits above the swamp at Okefenokee Refuge.

Becoming a World Heritage Site

Land Management

For Peat's Sake