![Boaters in Okefonokee Swamp](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2021-06/okefenokee-canoe-768x576.jpg?itok=ydK2oyu7)
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The Biden administration is strengthening the Endangered Species Act, which could add protection for some dwellers of the Okefenokee Swamp. The red-cockaded woodpecker, the gopher tortoise, the east indigo snake and others that make a home in the wildlife refuge are on the list of threatened or endangered species.
Credit: Contributed by Joy Campbell