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Save the Dismal Limited
What is the Great Dismal Swamp?
Sunset at Lake Drummond
Access path along the Black Bear Trail..
The Great Dismal Swamp is 750 square miles of swampland between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina, including parts of the cities of Chesapeake and Suffolk. It is home to Lake Drummond, one of two naturally occurring freshwater lakes in Virginia, The Great Dismal Swamp Wildlife Refuse, established in 1973 to protect wildlife. and historical sites of the The Great Dismal Swamp Maroons, where enslaved slaves escaped to during the American Civil War. To see more information, please use the links at the top of the page.
What are the biggest threats to the Great Dismal Swamp?
Proposed Warehouses
Industrial Parks
Fracked Gas Pipelines
Compromised Politicians
Why should we risk our air and water
for corporate profit?
Why should we sacrifice our safety
for gas that is to be exported?
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