Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

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Georgia Swamp Could Be Newest US World Heritage Site

'This designation is not a partisan issue,' says former GOP governor leading push for recognition

(Newser) - A vast swamp in southeast Georgia may soon join the ranks of the Grand Canyon and Statue of Liberty, if former Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue gets his way. The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is now at the center of a bipartisan push for World Heritage status, the AP reports....

Alligators Caught on Tape in Rare Feeding Frenzy

So Georgia man drove his boat through them

(Newser) - A Georgia man set out this month expecting a normal day of fishing. Instead, he encountered hundreds of writhing alligators in a canal in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in what biologists believe may be a strange feeding ritual. Ray Cason witnessed the gator gathering, which wildlife officials term a...

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