Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge . The site, the second largest wetland complex in the USA, is an extensive drainage basin on the divide between the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, characterized by swamp forest. Okeefenokee supports one of the largest populations of Alligator mississippiensis in the USA and a wide diversity of breeding and non-breeding birds. Nesting birds include a rare woodpecker, while mammals include Euarctos americanus and Odocoileus virginianus . Human activities include nature conservation, hunting, fishing, and general recreation.
Issues involving nearby titanium mining seem to be reaching a solution.
Ramsar site no. 350. Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge . A brackish estuarine area of three major habitat types. The site and its associated wetlands lie in a climatic zone of overlap between temperate and tropical, thus supporting plants and animals many of them threatened or endangered from both zones. Due to the mix of salt and fresh water, and the productivity of the lagoon system, a high degree of biological diversity is present at both species and community levels.