the Great Cypress Swamp. At one time, the 50,000-acre swamp sprawled throughout Sussex County and Maryland’s Wicomico and Worcester counties, serving as the headwaters of the Pocomoke River.

The 73-mile-long Pocomoke River is the easternmost river emptying into the Chesapeake Bay. With headwaters in Delaware’s Great Cypress Swamp, the river historically meandered through the ...

Breathless, rotting timber is scattered across parts of the Great Cypress Swamp ... and sanctuary While historically the swamp was the headwaters of the Pocomoke River, most of the drainage ...

The proposed Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area is in the middle of a three-year feasibility study process. That includes a public comment period, which is open now until May 19th.