The wildfire on Friday had burned more than 5,700 acres in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. Most of the blaze is in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

The Great Dismal Swamp, as the name given to it by mosquito ... Elaine Luria in southeastern Virginia, and Rep. Greg Murphy and then-Rep. G.K. Butterfield from northeastern North Carolina.

The proposed Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area is in the middle of a three-year feasibility study process. That includes a public comment period, which is open now until May 19th.

Joining southeastern Virginia with northeastern North Carolina, the Great Dismal Swamp is a stretch of forested wetland that, in hindsight, doesn’t really live up to the “dismal” part of its ...

Fred Wurster’s favorite time to walk through the Great Dismal Swamp is at dusk ... parts of this coastal ecosystem in southern Virginia, which has grown drier and more vulnerable to wildfire ...

(WAVY) – The Friends of Great Dismal Swamp Wildlife Refuge is one of 25 ... and traditionally underserved communities. Nine other Virginia based organizations also received grants.

Serome Hamlin explores the Great Dismal Swamp ... human history of the swamp and learn how the unique ecosystem is protected. Featured on VHG episode 2306; August 2023. Virginia Home Grown is ...

A survey of the Dismal Swamp Canal, preparatory to an enlargement in both width and depth, has just been completed with the exception of the feeder, and the process of excavation will probably ...

The Great Dismal Swamp stretches across southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, spanning an area of around 750 square miles. The picture shows an unusual pool of water in the swamp ...

President Joe Biden on Friday began the process of designating the Great Dismal Swamp as a National Heritage ... There are 55 areas in 34 states, two in Virginia: the Journey National Heritage ...