The National Park Service is proposing the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to become a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site.
The United States can only nominate one location each year for the United Nations honor, and the National Park System (NPS) ultimately selects the singular nominee from a list of proposed options, including National Parks and historic and cultural sites that meet at least one of the organization’s 10 criteria.
“Should (NPS) ultimately move forward and submit the nomination, it will be the first unit in the National Wildlife Refuge System that is in fact, nominated,” said Christian Hunt, Senior Federal Lands Policy Analyst for conservation organization Defenders of Wildlife.
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