Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Feasibility Study Newsletter

This newsletter describes the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area feasibility study process, and six question for public feedback. Click the "Comment Now" button below to enter your feedback.

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Topic Questions:

1. Does the region have a collection of natural, cultural, and historic resources that, when linked together, help to tell a nationally important story?

2. What makes this area of southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina nationally distinctive, and how does the study area contribute to or exemplify a distinctive aspect of America's national heritage?

3. What unique American stories are being told in the area, and why is the Great Dismal Swamp the area in which it is best to tell them?

4. Do opportunities exist for improving the quality of resources through conservation, recreation, and education?

5. Is there an organization or a number or organizations that have the financial and organizational capacity to coordinate the management of a national heritage area at the local level?

6. Is there public support for a national heritage area designation and the proposed boundary?

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