In this Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 photo, burned out stumps of white cypress trees are reflected in the waters of the Great Dismal Swamp in Corapeake, N.C. The federal government is trying to undo the damage from two centuries of
In this Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 photo, burned out stumps of white cypress trees are reflected in the waters of the Great Dismal Swamp in Corapeake, N.C. The federal government is trying to undo the damage from two centuries of logging at the Great Dismal Swamp. It began with a young George Washington, who formed a company that used slave labor to harvest the swamp’s cedar and cypress. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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