Places We Protect

Okefenokee National Wildlife Preserve

Georgia

An alligator rests within a swamp at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
American alligator An alligator rests within a swamp at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. © Tim Parkinson/Creative Commons

In 1978, a private company donated 14,849 acres of the swamp to The Nature Conservancy.