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.

Dismal also meant evil association with Satan.” Col. William Byrd II, an 18th century planter, is credited with giving the swamp its name on maps during his 1728 expedition to survey the border ...

A place called “Dismal Swamp” sounds like something ... were to drain the swamp, harvest its trees, and farm its land. Washington’s investment in the project began in 1763 and lasted until ...

The tree stood on the edge of Old Place, his uncle’s farm on the fringe of the Great Dismal Swamp. When 12-year-old ... students are asked to use the map of Suffolk to pinpoint parallel streets.

GREAT DISMAL SWAMP NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE — George ... its thousands of acres of drained pocosin into an active carbon farm. The idea is to generate credits to offset some of the ranch ...

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Today, the Great Dismal Swamp is a refuge for wildlife. It’s one of 560 refugees across the country, but at one time, it was also a place where many people found refuge ...

The cleanup of a coal train derailment in Virginia's Great Dismal Swamp will likely take weeks. The manager of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge told The Virginian-Pilot on Thursday ...

It all began when Sayers decided to research the history of the Great Dismal Swamp from the 1600s through 1860 for his doctoral dissertation. From the beginning, Sayers discovered that he had his ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A conservation group is buying about 1,300 acres of land that's next to the Great Dismal Swamp in hopes of restoring it to the environmentally unique wetlands it once was.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- A conservation group is buying about 1,300 acres of land that’s next to the Great Dismal Swamp in hopes of restoring it to the environmentally unique wetlands it once was.