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Location. S outheastern Georgia C overs approximately 700 square miles C overs parts of Brantly , Camden, Clinch, Pierce, and Ware Counties. Characteristics . E vidence suggests that the Okefenokee once was home to thousands of Native Americans and an advanced indigenous culture

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  1. Location • Southeastern Georgia • Covers approximately 700 square miles • Covers parts of Brantly, Camden, Clinch, Pierce, and Ware Counties

  2. Characteristics • Evidence suggests that the Okefenokee once was home to thousands of Native Americans and an advanced indigenous culture • Contains at least 74 Indian mounds • Nicknamed “The Land of the Trembling Earth” • Hitchiti a language spoken by Creek Indians Okefenokee means “water-shaking”

  3. Swamp Plants Cypress Trees Pitcher Plant Bladderwort Sun Dew

  4. Swamp Wildlife Sandhill Crane Anhinga Alligators • Otters • Black Bears • White- Tailed Deer • Water Moccasin

  5. Drought • Wildfires • Apple snails Threats 10-week-old blaze that has burned well over half the 400,000-acre preserve.

  6. References • http://www.okeswamp.com/animals.htm • http://www.valdosta.edu/~tmanning/hon399/scott.htm • http://www.okefenokee.com/info/info/ • http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-02/us/georgia.swamp.fire_1_swamp-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge-dry-conditions?_s=PM:US • http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/18/Worldandnation/Alien_snails_threaten.shtml

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