The Great Dismal Swamp is home to the ancestral lands of the Nansemond Indian Nation and the historic lands of the Haliwa-Saponi and Meherrin Tribes. The area is also home to the largest known ...

A spectacular image of a rare "rainbow pool" phenomenon has been captured at a swamp in Virginia. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) posted the photo—taken in the Great Dismal Swamp National ...

SUFFOLK, Va. -- A wildfire that burned thousands of acres in southeastern Virginia's Great Dismal Swamp over more than three months has been extinguished. Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge ...

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The Friends of Great Dismal Swamp Wildlife Refuge is one of 25 partners receiving funds to help restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Rep. Donald McEachin announced he is reintroducing the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Act. McEachin says the bill will “provide local and regional communities with the ...

Serome Hamlin explores the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge with Manager, Chris Lowie, to talk about the natural and human history of the swamp and learn how the unique ecosystem is ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia congressman has introduced a bill that would designate the Great Dismal Swamp a National Heritage Area, which could bring federal funding for historic preservation. The ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Virginia senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are applauding the Senate passage of the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Act, according to a joint statement. The bill was ...

President Joe Biden on Friday began the process of designating the Great Dismal Swamp as a National Heritage Area in recognition of its history and connections with local Indigenous tribes and African ...

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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. The ...

Designating the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina a National Heritage Area is a great and timely idea. U.S. Rep. Donald McEachin, a Democrat representing Virginia’s 4th Congressional ...