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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is a federally protected area established in 1937 in southeastern Georgia. Covering roughly 402,000 acres, it safeguards most of the Okefenokee Swamp, an extensive mosaic of peatlands, forested wetlands, lakes, and prairies. The refuge provides habitat for America...
The Great Dismal Swamp is a large forested wetland spanning southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, centered on Lake Drummond. George Washington participated in surveying and commercial drainage efforts there during the colonial period. Its difficult terrain also sheltered communities...
The Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is a large protected wetland in Palm Beach County, Florida, established in 1951. It conserves part of the northern Everglades and includes sawgrass marsh, wet prairie, tree islands, sloughs, and a cypress-swamp perimeter. Managed as both wi...
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is a federally protected area in Morris County, New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan region. It was established in 1960 after local conservation efforts opposed a plan to build a major airport on the site. The refuge protects more than 7,000 acres of mars...
Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is a site on the Kona coast of Hawaii's Big Island. In ancient Hawaiian culture, it functioned as a *pu'uhonua*, or place of refuge, where individuals who broke sacred laws (*kapu*) or were defeated in battle could seek absolution from a priest. The site...
