Installing a surface elevation table at Great Dismal Swamp Refuge

A scientist installs a measurement instrument hovering over peat in the swamp.

Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Date Shot/Created

11/07/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

FWS hydrologic technician Karen Balentine installs a surface elevation table to measure the peat depth at Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia and North Carolina.

Facility

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Wetland

Subject tags

Soil management

Wetlands

Wildlife refuges