Freshwater Fishing Trends

Freshwater fishing trends are provided by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. For South Carolina freshwater fish regulations visit the SCDNR website. Freshwater fishing trends for the week of December 24, 2007, follows...
Dec 24, 2007

Leave Some Dead Trees Standing to Help Wildlife

Standing dead trees may appear to be useless eyesores, but a state wildlife biologist says actually they are important components of wildlife habitat and frequently in short supply...
Dec 21, 2007

Freshwater Fishing Trends

Freshwater fishing trends are provided by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. For South Carolina freshwater fish regulations visit the SCDNR website. Freshwater fishing trends for the week of December 10, 2007, follows...
Dec 18, 2007

Conservation Bank Board Teleconference

COLUMBIA, SC - The S.C. Conservation Bank Board will conduct a special teleconference meeting at 4:30 p.m. Monday, December 17 in Room 316 of the Rembert Dennis Building, 1000 Assembly Street, Columbia...
Dec 14, 2007

361 acres of mountain land added to Jocassee Gorges Heritage Preserve

PICKENS, SC - An important addition of 361 acres has been added to the Jocassee Gorges complex in northern Pickens County.  The Smoak/Cathcart Addition to Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve is on the North Carolina state line and protects the northern boundary of the Jim Timmerman Natural Resources Area at Jocassee Gorges...
Dec 12, 2007

Natural Resources Board meets Dec. 12

COLUMBIA, SC - The S.C. Natural Resources Board, the policy making body of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, will meet 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12 in Room 335 (board room) of the Rembert C. Dennis Building at 1000 Assembly St. in Columbia...
Dec 12, 2007

Freshwater Fishing Trends

Freshwater fishing trends are provided by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. For South Carolina freshwater fish regulations visit the SCDNR website. Freshwater fishing trends for the week of December 10, 2007, follows...
Dec 10, 2007

Trout Stocking by Helicopter

WALHALLA, SC - The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will stock thousands of rainbow and brown trout into the lower Saluda River near Columbia Thursday morning, Dec. 6, using a helicopter and a specialized lift bucket...
Dec 5, 2007

Protection Marks Conservation Milestone

The protection of two of the Upstate’s iconic landmarks, Stumphouse Mountain and Issaqueena Falls, by a conservation partnership was celebrated at a Dec. 1 dedication ceremony near Walhalla...
Dec 4, 2007

Longleaf Planting, Establishment Advice Offered in New Brochure

The Longleaf Alliance recently released a brochure titled "Keys to Successfully Planting and Establishing Longleaf Pine." This publication is full of vital information, much of it developed over the last decade by The Longleaf Alliance and its partners...
Dec 3, 2007

Wild Quail Management Seminars Scheduled

HAMPTON COUNTY, SC - Bobwhite quail populations in South Carolina and the Southeast have been declining steadily over the past 60 years due to major land use change and reduction in suitable habitat...
Dec 2, 2007

Corps Extends Dock Installation Dates on Hartwell Lake

SAVANNAH, GA. --  Due to ongoing drought conditions, Colonel Edward J. Kertis, commander of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers' Savannah District, has extended dock installation dates on Hartwell Lake...
Dec 1, 2007

Recycling Oyster Shells Refurbishes Shellfish Grounds

COLUMBIA, SC - Recycling oyster shells provides S.C. Department of Natural Resources an opportunity to refurbish shellfish grounds with local shells for new generations of oysters to grow.This time of the year, when oyster roasts are plentiful, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR), reminds the public that recycling oyster shells helps to enhance harvestable public shellfish grounds...
Nov 26, 2007

Freshwater Fishing Trends

Freshwater fishing trends are provided by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. For South Carolina freshwater fish regulations visit the SCDNR website. Freshwater fishing trends for the week of November 26, 2007, follows...
Nov 26, 2007

Wild Turkey Reproduction in State Poor Again this Summer

COLUMBIA, SC - Based on a S.C. Department of Natural Resources survey, reproduction by wild turkeys was poor for the third year in a row, according to a state wildlife biologist. Annually since the early 1980’s, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conducts a Summer Turkey Brood Survey to estimate reproduction and recruitment of turkeys in South Carolina...
Nov 26, 2007