Mercury found in Okefenokee alligators 2025-06-12

WWALS Watershed Coalition

WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.

Mercury found in Okefenokee alligators 2025-06-12 [Up]

Mercury found in Okefenokee alligators 2025-06-12.

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High levels of mercury found in alligators, Okefenokee Swamp, UGA 2025-06-12

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Gators on peat, Minnies Lake, Middle Fork Suwannee River, Okefenokee Swamp, 12:15:38, --jsq for WWALS 30.8620445, -82.3229138

Gator straddling log, Minnies Lake, Middle Fork Suwannee River, Okefenokee Swamp, 11:53:03, --jsq for WWALS 30.8608872, -82.3234103

Photographs by WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc.,
licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 U.S. License.

WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS), est. 2012, is an IRS 501(c)(3) non-for-profit charity.
WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.
Since 2016, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® is a project and a staff member of WWALS as the Waterkeeper Alliance® member for the 10,000 square mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia.