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New state park plan includes water trail, access to Black River
VIDEO: New state park plan includes water trail, access to Black River By Logan Reigstad | May 6, 2021 at 6:12 AM EDT - Updated May 6 at 8:00 PM
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - A proposed state park plan would provide the public with new access to a 70-mile stretch of the Black River in Georgetown and Williamsburg Counties.
Several government agencies and private groups working together on the Black River Water Trail and Park Network say it will connect a number of pieces of land from the state and private partners like conservation groups to create a different kind of experience for people. Part of the initiative includes what would be the first new state park to open in South Carolina in nearly two decades.
$5 million in grants awarded to SCDNR, S.C. Conservation Bank to preserve coastal wetlands By WMBF News Staff | March 10, 2021 at 9:29 PM EST - Updated March 10 at 9:29 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) - More money will be going toward preserving coastal wetlands across South Carolina, according to officials.
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that it and the South Carolina Conservation Bank were awarded $5 million in grants by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The maximum of $1 million was given to each of South Carolinaâs projects, including two in the Grand Strand:
980 acres in the Waccamaw River Basin of Horry County, which SCDNR is planning to acquire with support from Ducks Unlimited and the Conservation Bank. This tract includes more than 3 miles of frontage along the Waccamaw River and features significant natural, cultural and archaeological resources. It will also establish new public access points and increase permanently prot
Project looks to preserve nearly 200 acres of historic wetlands along Ashley River Road
VIDEO: Project looks to preserve nearly 200 acres of historic wetlands along Ashley River Road By Lillian Donahue | February 26, 2021 at 3:46 PM EST - Updated February 26 at 7:56 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Nestled between the Ashley River, Highway 61 and historic plantations lies 194 acres of untouched wetlands known as the Oaks Plantation.
“This is by every account one of the most important places not just in Charleston but in the state,” Patrick Moore with the conservation organization Open Space Institute said. “You got a scenic River, you got the scenic road, you got the historic designation at the state level and at the federal level.”
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