Most of the Okefenokee refuge has burned over the past 10 months or so beginning from a lightening ignited wildfire last April. They reminded us that lightening fires are a regular visitor in this part of the country but the scale is amazing here. Many of the trails are closed as they work to clean up hazards and take this opportunity to thin pine stands to reestablish prairie lands. I had read online about the fire but was still disappointed at how much of the refuge is closed off. We will have to return some time.