Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wetland landscape south of Macon, Georgia, along the Ocmulgee River floodplain. Established in 1989 at the fall line between Georgia’s Piedmont and Coastal Plain, it preserves a diverse forested floodplain ecosystem of mixed hardwood-pine forest, bottomland hardwoods, tupelo gum swamp, creeks, beaver swamps, and oxbow lakes. Opened to the public in 2000, it covers about 8,600 acres within a larger planned acquisition area. This habitat mosaic supports white-tailed deer, black bears, alligators, waterfowl, bald eagles, and many birds tied to southeastern bottomland forests, including several neotropical songbirds of concern.