Editing Okefenokee Swamp (section)

==Recent events==
{{Main|Bugaboo Scrub Fire}}
More than {{convert|600000|acre|ha}} of the Okefenokee region burned from April to July 2007. Essentially the entire swamp burned, but the degrees of impact are widely varied. Smoke from the fires was reported as far away as [[Atlanta]] and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]].

Four years later, in April 2011, the Honey Prairie wildfire began when the swamp was left much drier than usual by an extreme [[drought]]. As of January 2012, the Honey Prairie fire had already scorched more than {{convert|315000|acre|ha}} of the {{convert|438000|acre|ha|adj=on}} Okefenokee, sending volumes of [[smoke]] across the southern [[East Coast of the United States|Atlantic seaboard]] and with an unknown impact on wildlife. With the drought still continuing, the massive Honey Prairie fire continued to burn at only 75% containment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Honey Prairie Complex|url=http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2214/|publisher=InciWeb Incident Information system|access-date=February 2, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125032410/http://inciweb.org/incident/2214/|archive-date=January 25, 2012}}<br/>{{cite web|title=Honey Prairie Complex Fires|url=http://www.fws.gov/okefenokee/Honey%20Prairie%20Fire.html|publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|access-date=February 2, 2012}}<br/>{{cite web|title=Okefenokee's birds undeterred by fires|url=http://www.ajc.com/lifestyle/okefenokees-birds-undeterred-by-1290702.html|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=February 2, 2012}}</ref> On April 17, 2012, the Honey Prairie Fire was finally declared out. Thousands of firefighters, refuge neighbors, and businesses contributed to the safe suppression of this fire. At the peak of fire activity on June 27, 2011, the Honey Prairie Complex had grown to {{convert|283673|acre|ha}} and had 202 engines, 112 dozers, 20 water tenders, 12 helicopters, and 6 crews with a total of 1,458 personnel assigned. Over the duration of the fire, there were no fatalities or serious injuries. Firefighters managed to contain most of the fire within the boundaries of the 402,000 acre Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, with only {{convert|18206|acre|ha}} burned outside the refuge.<ref>http://www.fws.gov/okefenokee/PDF/honey%20prairie%20fire%20declared%20out.pdf{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

On April 6, 2017, a lightning strike started the West Mims Fire,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/local/georgia-wildfire-forces-evacuations-ash-reaches-jacksonville/hgUH2UliL0YV6lgSrk9Z1L/
|access-date=2017-05-19|title=South Georgia wildfire forces evacuations; ash reaches Jacksonville|date=May 19, 2017|publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}}</ref> which burned about {{convert|152000|acre|ha}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firehouse.com/news/12335831/ga-firefighters-report-progress-against-west-mims-fire-in-okefenokee-firefighter-news|access-date=2017-05-19|title=GA Firefighters Report Progress Against West Mims Fire in Okefenokee|date=May 19, 2017|publisher=Firefighter News|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518165458/http://www.firehouse.com/news/12335831/ga-firefighters-report-progress-against-west-mims-fire-in-okefenokee-firefighter-news|archive-date=May 18, 2017}}</ref>