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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- The Okefenokee Swamp is one of Georgia’s most fascinating areas - rich in wildlife, history and natural beauty. Its sparkling prairies, cypress lagoons and pine-covered islands are home to many precious species, making the Okefenokee a Georgia and national treasure.
Swampwise is an Emmy-winning documentary that explores the swamp with host Okefenokee Joe, aka Dick Flood. Flood, a country music singer/songwriter, is also a professional naturalist and ardent environmentalist. He is well-known to GPB viewers from his first documentary, The Joy of Snakes which you can watch at • Joy of Snakes | GPB Do... . He lived in the Okefenokee Swamp for ten years, learning first-hand about the animals and plants in the area.
This hour-long program, punctuated by Flood’s original songs, tracks the seasonal changes in the swamp. As Flood explores the Okefenokee’s waterways, he shows us how to live off the land and visits historical sites. Along the way he talks to descendants of the swamp’s pioneer settlers and discusses the Okefenokee’s future.
Original air date: 1990. For more Georgia documentaries, check out www.gpb.org/te...
Rest in peace Okefenokee Joe. You were a childhood hero of mine and this documentary you made had a lifelong impact on me.
I fished alot when I was little, saw this in school me and friends was swamp wise after this. He was a hero to me. SWAMP WISE!!
RIP Joe. I met him in 1983. He did a snake show at out middle school. Joe got divorced from his wife in around 2004 and moved in with a friend of mine while he was moving to Sally SC. Joe gave me lessons on handling snakes I would sit around and listen to him play his guitar. I even got a chance to pay him back as I caught a large eastern king snake that he was able to use in his shows. He will be missed.
RIP Swampy💜 A friend to Joe is a friend to us all!
COOL! Dick Flood is my uncle!
Always a good day when Okeefenokee Joe came to your school when you were a kid!
Dick Flood, aka Okefenokee Joe: November 13, 1932 - January 9, 2023.
Dick Flood, (Okefenokee Joe) is in his 80s now living in SC. Y'all should do a follow with him. He's mostly doing music now and just finished his Autobiography. He's a good guy , I talk to him every few months and a man who influenced so many kids of the 80s and 90s should get one more story. He's lived an interesting life besides just his time in the swamp.
I’ll buy that book! Love me some Okefenokee Joe. What a gentleman Dick Flood is, and my
how he inspired so many young naturalists. Someone just called me Reef Wise. He cannot imagine just how honored I am by that moniker... Do you know where his autobiography can be found?
Yeah, we'll get right on it.
R.I.P. Okefenokee Joe d. Jan. 9 2023
@@stevenjohnson2273 yeah dude it sucks. Talked to him back in October not long before his health turned. The world is a little dimmer but he had a good run and I'm just thankful I got to know him.
I’m so glad to see this again. It’s a treasure and a treat.
RIP Okefenokee Joe! Thanks for the memories and educating us.
Swampwise was my jam growing up!!! I got my love for snakes from watching okefenokee joe!!
We always said 'Swampwise"!
I just found a cigar box of some of my old snake skins. "Swampwise" was written on the box. I recalled this video and glad that I found it. The snake skins are still in great shape too!
I'm from Germany ,i have never been to a swamp ,but i 'm impressed .It's faszinating .
My grandfather on my dad's side grew up on a little island in the okefenokee, they had a timber company before the gov took over and made it a national park. I am so glad that it is being preserved. I have pictures of three generations of the men with a gator they fed named Dopey. He would come right up in the yard to get scraps and was apparently very tame. The swamps of the deep south have a sultry wild quality that is found nowhere else in the world. How lucky I was to grow up right by this one. Thank you for sharing this, and RIP Swampy. You taught so many of us to appreciate it. #swampwise
Live 2 miles from the okeefonokee off swamp rd. N manor ga. Our land joins the swamps boundary’s up to the national wildlife signs posted on trees.. i fish a lake called hamp mizell all the time. Actually going there n am fishing. I’m 37 now and I’ve lived all my life around and in the swamp. I truely believe that swamp can produce everything a human needs to survive.. I’ve spent many days and nights n the swamp.. i truely love the okeefonokee and miss okeefonokee joe very much.. take care
@@jkmsr3869 I know just where Hamp Mizell is in Ware and I have known many Mizells! You're absolutely right, it can. Just takes some redneck ingenuity, and thank goodness I grew up with it. You take care too :)
I've seen some documentaries about the Swamp and the flotillas of plant material that redesign the landscape and you could easily get lost if your not mindful of the major landmarks . I've since become more interested in her history as one of my Great Uncles was affectionately called the King of the Okefenokee . His name was Obadiah Barber . His cabin is near Waycross and is considered a national Monument and maintained by the national park Service . He lived there and it was said that the Indians were afraid of him and so were the Bears. Lol Story has it he planted the first Pecan tree in Georgia . 😊❤
@@user-jk3eo2mj3h what a lovely family history
Loved this show wish I could leave modern world behind and live like this seriously.
Y'all really need to get a DVD set of this. Also PBS was a lot more enjoyable when y'all aired things that were more relatable to the residents of Georgia.
Thank you for your interest! Unfortunately, as Swampwise was originally produced in 1990 in correlation with Okefenokee Joe and producer Carol Fisk, we no long have the rights to produce home copies of it nor to air it on television again. If you would like to purchase one of our other series, their DVDs are available here: www.gpb.org/education/shop.
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@@GPB I know this was a reply from 9 months ago but I'm just getting back to replying. GPB once celebrated what was great about Georgia but now is so focused on the cultural views of Atlanta that the majority of the state is neglected by your broadcasted content. I work in Ecotourism on the coast and the populace we see is now so ignorant to the history and natural environment of the state that it's embarrassing. During my childhood GPB was a place of learning now it's a joke. All I can say is expand your content and let people see the greatness of the state.
I've lived in lowcountry of georgia my entire life @@coastdweller, GPB has never let me down in their programming.
Perhaps your area of GA leans more towards the right-wing & religious as opposed to education and cultural.
@@F_ckAllTrumpVoters actually it's pretty much the complete opposite of what you stated. Left leaning political commentary and a lost connection with the local populace.
@@F_ckAllTrumpVoters left wing and education don't belong in the same sentence 🤣
Just came across this documentary, so many memories I don't live in the south anymore 😞 but Okefenokee lives in my heart and mind daily I look at my phone and remember my last visit two years ago and yes 44yr old.man cried his ass off when I got there and harder when I had to go home. I told my wife when my last day comes and goes I want part of my ashes scattered in the park. Anyway enough about me Okefenokee Joe/Dick Flood thank you !! For your guidance and teaching us all about the majestic swamp we call home. Rest in peace 🕊️ and may you continue to watch our Okefenokee
RIP Okeefenokee Joe. I remember when he made an appearance at our elementary school, he inspired me to learn as much as possible about the natural world.
Way way way before Crocodile hunter we had Okefenokee Joe a true pioneer in his field.
Love this! Wish I had a chance to meet this man. I always held a special spot in my heart for this majestic piece of Georgia after watching "Realm of the Alligator" which was filmed here. As a South Floridan who loves the Evergaldes, Big Cypress and the surrounding natural areas (the largest continuous wilderness area east of the Mississippi), this place looks like home. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Okefwnokee Joe's one cool dude. What a great place! I've been to a few swamps in Georgia and Florida. They are truly AWESOME!
I remember okefenokee joe! He came and visted my elementary school in lakeland ga lanier county elementary school in the 80s!
Just found this . Hats off to Mr. Flood for such a captivating presentation . Such a great speaking and singing voice . This is one I’ll enjoy over and over . Thank you.
Classic piece. What a perfect guide; his love and knowledge make this document of the primeval swamp magic... totally singular! Gratitude and can't wait to see Kingfisher Landing and Bullies Island again.
My Home! I'm SwampWise lived here my whole life!
Do you still like it there?
Dude's a legend.
Phenomenal!!!! What a wealth of information and very well done!
This is spectacular
He was a pleasure to meet, saw him at the Athens "zoo" and one other place.
R.I.P. swampy
R.I.P. okeefenokee joe
Awesome video.
Yeah!
I remember this dude in elementary school.
RIP Okeefenokee Joe
My grandma was a cajun treator that praid to jesus for his mercy on them , & used plants to help heai ailments such as congestion, with saserfrace tea from a sasifrace tree, by boiling the roots, & other plants that helped
Rest in peace Joe.
outstanding❗💯👍🏆🥇💪🇺🇲🙏
Thank you!
RIP Joe
I worked with his sonar the swamp one summer. His name was Dondi. I wonder where he is now.
I don't know Dondi but I associated with one of his brothers and Mr. Flood occasionally and he's been a suggested Facebook friend a time or two so you could probably track him down fairly easy on there.
Coastdweller i live in south carolina..no way joe is here in South carolina wow! He was a hero of mine when i was young! He even came to our elementary school in lakeland ga lanier count elementary school ! Us kids was excited ! Where does joe live in south carolina!?
Hi Ray, unfortunately Joe passed away in January 2023. He is missed
This is so amazing. Thanks for the doc and a throwback to before I was born!
Wish you luck and I hope I see you in heaven cousin butchy in 1991 2 and 3 became a good friend to okefenokee joe at lockmar elementary at the age of 12 years old and has followed Joe's teachings to be swampwise and awesome cool
manly swamp wise
i tgought this was joe exotic for a sec haha
Omg
I’ll be honest, with that opening I thought it was a parody
Sounds like Johnny depp
was too manly. he's swamp wise
Dude drank the water i learned playing the Oregon trail that’s not good
Wipe your Ass with poison ivy? That's not swamp wise