Bednarek is at the front of a boat gliding through a corner of the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater ... “You hear the barred owls, and when the frogs get going it’s almost deafening ...

Many of the animals found in Florida's Wildlife Corridor can also be found in the Okefenokee Swamp, including black bears, American alligators, gopher frogs, and barred owls, among others.

The Fish and Wildlife Service said it could buy land from property owners near the nation’s largest blackwater swamp in Georgia ... Friday it will stretch the Okefenokee National Wildlife ...