There are 62 National Heritage Areas across the country; parts of North Carolina and Virginia may become the 63rd.

Joining southeastern Virginia with northeastern North Carolina, the Great Dismal Swamp is a stretch of forested wetland that, in hindsight, doesn’t really live up to the “dismal” part of its ...

Authorized in 2023, the study is tasked with evaluating the Great Dismal Swamp’s surrounding North Carolina and Virginia areas for the potential of becoming a National Heritage Area. Within a 60 ...