GREAT DISMAL SWAMP, VIRGINIA: Seen from the air during the summer, the Great Dismal Swamp in southeast Virginia is a sea of green forest, broken only by a shallow lake and a few man-made ditches, some ...

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 ...

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Oct. 12--SUFFOLK--There's no end in sight yet for the still smoldering Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge fire. On Wednesday, almost a week after the refuge gained total management of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Welcome to the Great Dismal Swamp? The city of Chesapeake is evaluating a plot of land for a visitors center to draw more attention to the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia and ...

You may be surprised to learn Virginia only has two natural lakes. The larger of the two has something for fishers, boaters, and nature lovers of all kinds.