Some 280 acres of once pristine and ecologically-important wetland forest – a mix of oak, maple, hickory, cypress and pine ... as areas where every tree is removed are known – claims ...

However, the death of forests in the Alligator River ... North Carolina's bald cypress trees are among the oldest in the US.

Death by tree tomb. “Craziest thing I’ve ever seen ... cranked a pair of side-by-sides and drove away from a pine and cypress cabin into the freedom of a 1,000-acre kingdom dotted with old ...