Upcoming Events

Earth Day Event!

4/20/2023 12pm to 4 pm, We will join with other conservation groups at Campostella Square Park in Chesapeake. There will be losts of activities for the kids! Many ecological areas will be covered. Coloring books and crayons for the kids and a trash pick up will be the features of the Save the Dismal Group. For more information, please click on the button below.
We hope to see you there!

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Earth Day Weekend Dismal Hike

*Attention* New Event Date, due to rain!
4/28/2024 @ 10 am at the Dismal Swamp Canal Trail, North Trailhead, 1246 Dismal Swamp Canal Trl, Chesapeake, Va. 23323
We will embark on an easy, paved surface hike. 3 miles, total. Along the way we will discuss the history, plant and animal species, folklore, peoples and modern threats to the Greatd Dismal Swamp.
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February 25. 2024 , 10am to 12pm
Leaf raking and litter pickup at our "Adopt a Park",
Brentwood Play Area, 1420 Sherbrook Rd. Chesapeake.
For more details goto
https://fb.me/e/1Gy1BRvZj

December 10, 2023, 10 am to 12 am
Leaf raking and litter pick up at our "Adopt a Park", Brentwood Play Area. 1420 Sherbrooke Rd. Chesapeake
for more details go to https://fb.me/e/6Yq8yifCa

December 13, 2023 6:30 pm to 8 pm
Public comments on the compatibility of the so called "Virginia Reliability Project (fracked gas pipeline) with the City of Chesapeake's Comprehensive Plan. We need you there! For more info go to: https://fb.me/e/TK9i6mHZ

January 7th, 2024, 10 am to 1 pm
Annual, New Years Hike
Black Bear Trail, Great Dismal Swamp Wildlife Refuge
Chesapeake.
This is always a hit! A good way to start off your resolutions.
For more information, go to: https://fb.me/e/9c20CAR2y

Past Events

Annual Wild Grape Hike
Join us on Sunday, September 10th, 2023, 9:30 am, as Save the Dismal will holds their annual
wild muscadine grape, foraging hike! We usually pick and eat as we go, some folks
like to take a few home. The location will be at The Great Dismal Swamp Canal Trail. 1200 Dismal Swamp Canal Trail, Chesapeake, Va. 23323. We will hike 1.5 miles in and then turn around, total length of the hike will be 3 miles. Along the way we will talk about the history of the Great Dismal Swamp, identify plant and tree species, point out wildlife if we come across it and hopefully pick some grapes! If you are wild grape curious, We are posting a video above that helps to explain the do's and dont's of foraging for wild grapes!

Sunray Container Facility Vote at City Council

Please join us at City Hall on Cedar Rd. September 19th, 2023, at 6 pm, to help the Sunray and Homestead Communities fight against
a industrial facility that would horribly alter the agricultural way of life for Sunray, and destroy the
home values of those in Homestead. This project has all of the footprints of the bullying Port of Virginia all over it. We need you there to speak or show support for the effort to stop this project.
For more information, go to our Sunray Container Facility page.