NEW! Interactive Hockomock Swamp Map Check out this new
interactive map of Hockomock Swamp and explore surrounding
conservation lands. Journey to the Heart of Hockomock Swamp Our
Hockomock adventurers filmed their journey into the swamp. Click
to see this fascinating place first-hand! By Kate Frazer From
Route 138 in Easton, Hockomock Swamp looks like a wall of
snarled vegetation. Thick and impassible, there are no trails
here, no clear way in or out. Quickly I see why this place has
inspired ghost stories featuring pterodactyl-like creatures,
canoeing ghosts and even Bigfoot himself. But what really lives
in this vast wetland? Five of us from The Nature Conservancy —
two scientists, a writer, a board member/ecologist and his
13-year-old granddaughter — got to the heart of this question.
Using maps and remote sensing, we set out to survey a path from
the side of the road to the most remote location in Hockomock.
Is the swamp a scary, icky place? Or a treasure trove of
biodiversity? What is the use of this wet