SUFFOLK -- The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is planning improvements to help manage the swamp's water levels. The Department of the Interior awarded more than $3 million to the refuge ...

Civil War history is part of the preservation story at several National Wildlife Refuges, including the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Suffolk.

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 ...