FOLKSTON, Ga. — The West Mims fire in the Okefenokee Swamp area has already grown to a size that makes it bigger than many Georgia counties, including Rockdale, and it's expected to burn for months.

For as many years as they’ve spent in the swamps, Bruce Scharwath and Jim Boyce knew it was time to hunt the big buck they’d seen cross levees between their Timberton acreage and next-door neighbors, ...

Designating the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina a National Heritage Area is a great and timely idea. U.S. Rep. Donald McEachin, a Democrat representing Virginia’s 4th Congressional ...

President Joe Biden on Friday began the process of designating the Great Dismal Swamp as a National Heritage Area in recognition of its history and connections with local Indigenous tribes and African ...

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Rep. Donald McEachin announced he is reintroducing the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Act. McEachin says the bill will “provide local and regional communities with the ...

Jennifer Treece has been named Director of Development for the Black Swamp Council. FINDLAY — Jennifer Treece has joined the Black Swamp Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America as the Development ...

The final step toward looser development regulations in the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern could come at Tuesday’s County Commission meeting despite pushback by local environmentalists.

MASON - A distant rumble accented the gathering twilight on Tuesday at Bibon Swamp State Natural Area near Mason. Closer at hand, dozens of lightning bugs painted orange-white streaks over the marsh ...

Paddling through this most remote and mysterious patch of Beaver Lake is like exploring a southeast Arkansas swamp -- minus the alligators and the six-hour drive. When spring rain fills Beaver Lake to ...

AUGUSTA — Divers have recovered the body of an Augusta man one day after he drowned in a swamp near the Georgia-South Carolina line. Jamaal Warwell, 32, was found Sunday, one day after he went under ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WJAR) — It’s been four years since a man from North Kingstown disappeared, but his family isn’t giving up hope. Volunteers gathered Tuesday morning at the Great Swamp Management ...