WHALES of Teton Valley • Entered by Liz McCane on January 26, 2024
Okefenokee Swamp zoom
January 18, 2024
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 1.25 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 1.25 |
Key Issue: Multiple apply
Activity Type: Trainings (WALTS, CAREs/GLOWs, research, conferences, workshops, etc.)
Key Partners: Okefenokee Swamp Park; St. Mary’s Riverkeeper organization
Landscape/area: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (GA)
Short Description of Activity
The GRITS Broadband hosted this meeting to introduce us to the unique Okefenokee Swamp, and the effort to get it designated as a Unesco World Heritage site. If that succeeds, it will be the first National Wildlife Refuge to be so designated. The pristine water quality.is threatened by a titanium mine on the St. Mary’s River.
Reflection/Evaluation
I had no idea that this area was so significant and pristine, when compared to the Everglades, which has been dredged, drained and polluted and is plagued with invasive species.