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Swamp Loggers is an American reality television series originally broadcast on the Discovery Channel from 2009 to 2012 that follows the crew of Goodson's All Terrain Logging as they log the swamps of North Carolina. Much of the series was filmed in Pender County. [1]
The refuge was officially established through the Dismal Swamp Act of 1974, and consists of over 167 square miles (433 square km) [1] of forested wetlands. Outside the boundaries of the refuge, the state of North Carolina has preserved and protected additional portions of the swamp through the establishment of the Dismal Swamp State Park.
After centuries of logging and other human activities that devastated the swamp's ecosystems, in 1973, the Union Camp Corporation donated 49,100 acres (199 km 2) of land. The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by the U.S. Congress through The Dismal Swamp Act of 1974. The Refuge has grown to just over 112,000 acres ...
Marsh Swamp Cow Haul Swamp; Burnt Coat Swamp Breeches Swamp Jacket Swamp; Beaverdam Swamp; Dog Pond Branch; Martin Swamp; Rocky Swamp Jack Horse Swamp; Beaverdam Swamp Black Swamp; Pinelog Branch; Little Fishing Creek Bear Swamp; Porter Creek; Reedy Creek Bobbitts Branch; Bens Creek; Big Branch; Walkers Creek Dowlins Creek; Crooked Swamp; White ...
Dismal Swamp State Park is a North Carolina state park in Camden County, North Carolina, in the United States. The park was created as a state natural area in 1974 with the help of The Nature Conservancy, and on July 28, 2007, the North Carolina General Assembly re-designated it as a state park. [4] It opened to the public in 2008. [5]
While more truck drivers (885) and farmers (252) died that year while on duty, loggers had the highest number of deaths per 100,000 workers: 132.7. That is more than double the second highest ...
The Three Sisters swamp is located off the State Road 1550 bridge and the N.C. 53 bridge with the approximate coordinates of 34°33'59.2"N 78°15'14.7"W. [3] This swamp is located on the Black River in Bladen County and the only way to reach Three Sisters is through the use of canoes and kayaks. The swamp is approximately one mile long and a ...
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