Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
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Growing wildfire only 35 percent contained
WAYCROSS - A large wildfire in southeast Georgia has burned more than 45,000 acres and is less than half a mile from the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, a spokesman for the Georgia Forestry Commission, Eric Mosley, said Saturday.
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the associated press
WAYCROSS, Ga. - Gusty winds fueled the spread of wildfires Friday in southeast Georgia, where about 58 square miles of forest were burning and flames swept closer to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge .
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WAYCROSS, Ga. - Firefighters used bulldozers Monday to widen breaks that were protecting a small community from a wildfire that has blackened more than 87 square miles of forest in southeast Georgia.
The fire, started April 16 by a fallen power line that ignited tinder-dry trees near the sprawling Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, was about 45 percent contained, officials said.
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WASHINGTON - Jim Burkhart gets excited talking about the schoolchildren who visit the swampy Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Georgia.
They venture into the 7,000-year-old bog on flat-bottom boats to analyze water samples and collect methane gas that bubbles up from the decomposing peat below.
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WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) -- Firefighters used bulldozers Monday to widen breaks that were protecting a small community from a wildfire that has blackened more than 87 square miles of forest in southeast Georgia.
The fire, started April 16 by a fallen power line that ignited tinder-dry trees near the sprawling Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, was about 45 percent contained after burning about 55,600 acres, officials said.
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Four days of paddling a kayak among 396,000 acres of remote swamp is a wonderful winter pastime for Aiken resident Tom Cofer.
We try to go once or twice a year, and always in cool weather," said Cofer, a retired surgeon who makes annual visits to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Georgia.