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America's Newest UNESCO World Heritage Site Is a Swamp—and That's Exactly Why You Should Go

Georgia’s Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is one of the world’s rarest surviving wetland ecosystems. Its new global recognition reveals why protecting this landscape matters far beyond the American South

America's Newest UNESCO World Heritage Site Is a Swamp—and That's Exactly Why You Should Go

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