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The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is a South Carolina state agency charged with regulating hunting, [1] fishing, [2] [3] boating, duck stamp orders, and the conservation efforts [4] of the state government. It is directed by seven-member Board of Directors.
2030 [5] U.S. National Natural Landmark. Designated. May 1974. Congaree National Park is a 26,692.6-acre (41.7 sq mi; 108.0 km 2) American national park in central South Carolina, 18 miles southeast of the state capital, Columbia. The park preserves the largest tract of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the United States.
This is a list of South Carolina heritage preserves managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area; Altamaha Towne Heritage Preserve; Ashmore Heritage Preserve/WMA; Bald Rock Heritage Preserve; Bay Point Shoal Seabird Sanctuary; Bear Branch Heritage Preserve
Steven's Creek Heritage Preserve is a nature preserve in the US State of South Carolina. It is managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. It covers 434 acres (1.76 km 2) in McCormick County and Edgefield County, and was established to protect rare animal and plant species. Webster's Salamander and Miccosukee gooseberry are ...
Lake Keowee is a man-made reservoir in the United States in the state of South Carolina. It was developed to serve the needs of power utility Duke Energy and public recreational purposes. It is approximately 26 miles (42 km) long, 3 miles (4.8 km) wide, with an average depth of 54 feet (16 m), and a shoreline measured at 300 miles (480 km) in ...
Charleston earthquake or 1886. Charleston earthquake or 1886. An estimated $23 million ($186.51 million in 2023) in damage was caused by one of the great earthquakes in United States history in 1886. Charleston and nearby cities suffered most of the damage, although points as far as 160 kilometers (100 mi) away were strongly shaken.
James L. Mason WMA. James Ross Wildlife Reservation. Jocassee Gorges. Keowee WMA. Landsford Canal Forest Legacy Area. Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area. Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area. Liberty Hill WMA. Little Pee Dee Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area.
The North Carolina side of the mountain was owned by former Congressman Charles H. Taylor.In June 2010 he sold 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) to The Conservation Fund. [4] The Fund has donated 4.8 acres (1.9 ha), at the top of the mountain, to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and conveyed a remaining 6,730 acres (2,720 ha) to the North Carolina Forest Service for Headwaters State Forest.