Yahoo: What would a Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area look like?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Dismal Swamp is home to one of Virginia’s highest concentrations of black bears, according to the Virginia Department of ...

The Virginian-Pilot: Editorial: Designation for Great Dismal Swamp would help preserve regional landmark

The Great Dismal Swamp, as the name given to it by mosquito-swatting British colonists implies, isn’t always hospitable to humans. Although it’s now part of a popular national wildlife refuge and ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A wide range of wildlife is common in the Great Dismal Swamp, but a recent alligator sighting has surprised both visitors and wildlife officials. A state biologist has ...

Fred Wurster’s favorite time to walk through the Great Dismal Swamp is at dusk. Pushing through thick vegetation and swatting away mosquitoes, he gets to a section of this 113,000-acre national ...

IFLScience: The Great Dismal Swamp: A Place That Doesn’t Live Up To Its Name

The Great Dismal Swamp: A Place That Doesn’t Live Up To Its Name

IN THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP (AP) The oppressive heat, venomous serpents and boot-snatching muck that made the Great Dismal Swamp a barrier to European settlement ever since colonial times also made it a ...

MSN: Cool, but scary sighting of gator in Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A wide range of wildlife is common in the Great Dismal Swamp, but a recent alligator sighting has surprised both visitors and wildlife officials. Father charged after ...