World’s largest virgin cypress-tupelo swamp forest feeling pinch of Dorchester County growth

HARLEYVILLE — Down a single-lane gravel path off a two-lane country road in upper Dorchester County lies an 18,500-acre bird and wildlife sanctuary.

The Audubon Society’s Francis Beidler Forest is not the kind of place a visitor would find by accident, but it’s starting to feel the crunch of encroaching development all around it. Read more