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Some pictures from Delaware Wildlands' Roman Fisher Farm

Delaware Wildlands Kent and Sussex Director Pete Martin stands in teh kitchen of the new guest house at the Roman Fisher Farm - east of Gumboro -  on the edge of the Great Cypress Swamp. All of the wood in the guest house - including the cabinets (minus the wainscoating ) comes from lumber harvested from the swamp. BY DENNIS FORNEY
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October 10, 2011
The Delaware Wildlands logo shows an image of a  cypress tree in the swamp.
The new guest house at the Roman Fisher Farm was constructed of loblolly pine timber taken in a sustainable approach from the Great Cypress Swamp
Cypress trees, about 50 years old, stand at the edge of the swamp behind the Roman Fisher Farm.
An old corn crib on the property was oroginally constructed of disease-resistant cypress timber. Sitting alongside are the antlers from deer taken out of the swamp.
The old Roman Fisher farmhouse, now uninhabited, will be taken down and a replica constructed in its place.  Timber taken from the swamp will be used in its construction with money for the project to come from the sale of mature timber harvested from the swamp.

I mentioned in my Barefootin' column this week that I would post some color photos from Delaware Wildlands' Roman Fisher Farm in a blog. So here they are. Delaware Wildlands is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year - a celebration of identifying, protecting and enhancing some of Delaware's unique natural places. The Great Cypress Swamp is one of Delaware Wildlands' crown jewels with more than 11,000 contiguous acres in the heart of the Delmarva peninsula.

The swamp is home to stands of bald cypress trees which - left alone - can soar to heights of 150 feet and live for centuries. It also harbors tons of other flora and fauna while giving rise to headwaters of at least three rivers including the Pocomoke whose tannic brown waters coure through stands of cypress all the way to where it empties into the Pocomoke Sound and Chesapeake Bay.

The Great Cypress Swamp rocks!

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