Legal status, Use, and Management 



13. Ownership type by percent area: 



Type 

 Private 



100 % 



Public % 



Unknown % 



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Number of owners: 



Name(s) of owner(s) and/or custodian(s) (with addresses, 



phone numbers, other pertinent information). 

 Moses R. White M. R, White Lumber Co. East half of 



Rt. 3 





Rt. 5 





natural area 



Elizabeth City, NC 

 919-771-2423 



27909 



Elizabeth City 

 919-771-5140 



27909 



(20 a) 



Joseph B. Briggs 

 Rt. 1, Box 151 









West half of 

 natural area 



Sunbury, NC 27979 









(20 a) 





16. Name(s) of knowledgeable person(s) (with addresses, phone 



numbers, other pertinent information). 



1. Dr. Lytton J. Musselman. Biological Sciences. Old Dominion Univ. 

 — P. 0. Box G173. Norfolk, VA — 23500 



804-440-3610 Office 

 804-489-8614 Home 



Discovered site, has published several 

 journal articles on fern studies there. 



2. Pat Gammon, Botanist, US Geological Survey 



Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge 

 P. 0. Box 349 



Suffolk, VA — 23434 

 804-539-7479 Office 

 804-539-5335 Home 



Has published several studies on the flora 

 of Dismal Swamp using remote sensing. 



17. Attitude of owner toward preservation (contacted?): 



Mr. White has registered his 20 a half (part of a wooded tract of 

 452 acfas) as a Norrh Carolina Natural Heritage Area. 



Mr. Briggs has not been contacted. His attitude is unknown. 



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