The Great Dismal Swamp’s history, as rich as the peat soil beneath the feet of visitors, may soon gain greater recognition as ...

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 ...

The National Park Service say a National Heritage Area represents much more than the land it covers; it tells the story of a region and the people who lived in it. The proposed Great Dismal Swamp ...

The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking North Carolina and Virginia input on the potential designation of a future National Heritage Area. The designation is a part of The Great Dismal Swamp ...

Rob Wittman and Bobby Scott, among others. Like the Dismal Swamp designation, this status would draw the National Park Service into a larger management role but leave land-use decisions at a local ...