/tags/great-dismal-swamp Great Dismal Swamp en-US Copyright Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:41:30 GMT /environment/2017-10-30/dismal-swamp-canal-to-reopen-under-restricted-conditions The Dismal Swamp Canal will reopen Tuesday under restricted conditions. The Army Corps of Engineers closed it more than a year ago, after damage from… Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:41:30 GMT /environment/2017-10-30/dismal-swamp-canal-to-reopen-under-restricted-conditions Rebecca Martinez /environment/2017-10-11/peat-soil-the-great-dismal-swamp-and-an-attempt-to-slow-climate-change The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is trying to reverse more than two centuries of damage to sensitive peat soil in the Great Dismal Swamp. In the 1760s,… Wed, 11 Oct 2017 21:42:32 GMT /environment/2017-10-11/peat-soil-the-great-dismal-swamp-and-an-attempt-to-slow-climate-change Will Michaels /2014-12-28/fleeing-to-dismal-swamp-slaves-and-outcasts-found-freedom Most Americans know about the Underground Railroad, which allowed Southern slaves to escape to the North. But some slaves stayed in the South, hidden in a place where they could resist enslavement. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 14:18:00 GMT /2014-12-28/fleeing-to-dismal-swamp-slaves-and-outcasts-found-freedom Sandy Hausman /show/the-state-of-things/2011-07-12/taking-refuge-in-the-great-dismal-swamp It's tough to imagine the 112,000 muck-filled, bug-swarmed acres of the Great Dismal Swamp looking like paradise. But for enslaved people in the 18th- and… Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:47:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2011-07-12/taking-refuge-in-the-great-dismal-swamp Amber Nimocks, Frank Stasio /the-state-of-things/2011-07-12/taking-refuge-in-the-great-dismal-swamp It's tough to imagine the 112,000 muck-filled, bug-swarmed acres of the Great Dismal Swamp looking like paradise. But for enslaved people in the 18th- and… Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:47:00 GMT /the-state-of-things/2011-07-12/taking-refuge-in-the-great-dismal-swamp Amber Nimocks, Frank Stasio