Virginia Once Drained and Dried Peatlands, but Now Eyes Them as Carbon Sinks

Inside Climate News · By Diana Kruzman · last updated January 19, 2025 – 12:04 AM

The bogs, logged for centuries and recently burned, sequester far more carbon than forests. Now, thousands of acres are being “rewetted” as part of a restoration strategy.

By Diana Kruzman

Fred Wurster’s favorite time to walk through the Great Dismal Swamp is at dusk. Pushing through thick vegetation and swatting away mosquitoes, he gets to a section of this 113,000-acre national wildlife refuge that was repeatedly burned by fires.

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