Thanks to the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund, 5 local educators took the trip of a lifetime into the heart of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge for an overnight professional learning experience. Stay tuned for the lesson plans these teachers will be creating!#okeswamp #okefenokeeswamp #okresa | Okefenokee Swamp Park

Josh Howard has spent 50 years exploring Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, home to more than 1,000 species of plants and wildlife. When a mining proposal threatened it, he became an environmentalist to help fight to protect the swamp, and a nonprofit later stepped in with a deal to halt the project for now. | CBS Evening News