North Carolina Pocosins: Their Development History

“Save the pocosins” is a battle cry for wetland lovers through the mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states! Pocosin destruction reached a feverish pace in the 1970s, with hundreds of thousands of acres ditched, drained, and cleared for silviculture, agriculture, and proposed large-scale peat mining. People began to wonder whether any pocosin would be safe from human manipulation. But, what exactly is a pocosin and why should they be saved?