Question

What is the importance of the Okefenokee swamp to Georgia

Answer 1

It provides habitats for endangered and threatened species such as the red-cockaded woodpecker and a wide variety of other wildlife species

Further Explanation:  

The Okefenokee Swamp is the hollow wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line in the United States. Majority of swamps are covered and protected by Okefenokee National Wildlife and its wilderness. It is considered as one of the seven natural wonders of Georgia. It is the largest black water swamp. It was built around 6500 years ago and has accretion of Peat in the hollow basin. It has 90% of the swamps. The Suwanne river is the heart and soul of the Gulf of Mexico. In the contemporary age, it is called as swampers. It is the portion of the forest eco-region. It provides supports to the coastline plain  Oaks, evergreen oaks. It has numerous species like carnivorous plants. It is the habitat of herons, cranes. The population changes with seasons and the water levels. It has many woodpecker, songbird species. The amphibians like frogs, turtle, toads. It is home for Florida Black bear.

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Okefenokee Swamp

Subject: Social Science

Keywords:

hollow wetland, Wilderness, 6500 years ago, Peat, swampers, woodpecker, Florida Black bear.

Answer 2

The Okefenokee swamp extends from Waycross, GA to the Florida-Georgia state Line boundary. It was the last piece of “untamed” Georgia area after the Civil War as the area was thought to be uninhabitable by humans.

The swamp served as a boundary between three Georgia Native American nations, a settlement for Spanish missions, a canal site, safe have for slaves and whites, a battleground between the Seminoles and the US Army, and a railroad/logging site (which destroyed a significant amount of the habitat).

To this day it is a federally-protected, indigenous wildlife sanctuary for many threatened and endangered species.