Corps, Coast Guard to Offer Free Boater’s Safety Inspections June 15

Corps, Coast Guard to Offer Free Boater’s Safety Inspections June 15

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partnered with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary to provide free boater’s safety inspections at J. Strom Thurmond Lake, June 15 starting at 9:30 a.m. Officials with the Corps and the Coast Guard will perform vessel safety checks at Scotts Ferry boat ramp, located on the South Carolina side of […]

SC Youth Shooting Foundation Conducts State Championship Tournament

SC Youth Shooting Foundation Conducts State Championship Tournament

On May 11, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) sponsored the SC Youth Shooting Foundation’s State Sporting Clays Championship at Rocky Creek Sporting Clays in Richburg. Four hundred fifty-six (456) male and female students from around the state competed in a variety of age brackets. DNR also gave $6000 in college scholarships to the […]

2013 Public Alligator Hunting, Special WMA Season Applications Available Online May 1

2013 Public Alligator Hunting, Special WMA Season Applications Available Online May 1

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will begin accepting online applications for the 2013 Public Alligator Hunting season and the Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Alligator Hunting Season at www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/alligator/index.html. More than 100,000 alligators live from the Midlands to the coast of South Carolina and the population is not threatened by the regulated removal of a […]

DNR Graduates 14 from Criminal Justice Academy

DNR Graduates 14 from Criminal Justice Academy

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Newly minted officers from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) graduated on April 19 from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy for its Basic Law Enforcement class. The 14 new officers for the past several weeks have undergone intense training, covering such topics as criminal domestic violence, gangs, and firearm safety, […]

Aiken County Wildlife Area Opens to the Public Saturdays in May

Aiken County Wildlife Area Opens to the Public Saturdays in May

Aiken County’s Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area and Ecological Reserve will be open to the public on Saturdays during the month of May (4, 11, 18 and 25). Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and Ecological Reserve consists of 10,470 acres owned by the U.S. Department of Energy. The area is located in Aiken County, along the Savannah […]

SC, GA DNR’s, Army Corps Team Up for Lake Thurmond Striper Study

SC, GA DNR’s, Army Corps Team Up for Lake Thurmond Striper Study

The S.C Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and US Army Corps of Engineers are conducting a study of striped bass (rockfish) in Thurmond Reservoir (Clark Hill). To accomplish the objectives of the study, a number of striped bass have been implanted with transmitters and externally tagged. All tags have a […]

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