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MD 3. Cunningham Swamp. Acreage: 134. 



Location: Garrett County; Bittinger Quadrangle; 2 miles S of Bittinger; reached 

 via Rt. 495. 



Description: The bog vegetation includes cranberry, sweetbay, cotton grass, 

 Labrador-tea, spruce, maple, and alder. Animals present include woodcock, rac- 

 coon, skunk, fox, beaver, mink, muskrat, bear, turkey, grouse, squirrel, and cot- 

 tontail rabbit. 



Encroachments: It could be destroyed if it were drained for pasture or flooded 

 for water supply. 



Ownership: Private. 



Data source: J. R. Goldsberry, Biologist, Maryland Department of Game and In- 

 land Fish, State Office Bldg., Annapolis, Md. 21401. 



