Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Unusual lake resident had been spotted several times in recent weeks.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
WIS TV is reporting on a manatee found dead earlier this week in Lake Marion. Manatees are an unusual find for the lake, but not unprecedented. The manatee had been seen swimming in recent weeks. DNR officials pulled the body from the water Wednesday and a veterinarian will determine the cause of death before burial. DNR speculates that the manatee reached the lake through the Pinopolis Dam in Moncks Corner. Read more of the WIS report, including photos from the scene.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Event advances month-long hunting season.
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources will be hosting an alligator hunting seminar at 10 a.m. this Saturday at the Santee Cooper Auditorium at 1 Riverwood Drive in Moncks Corner. The forum is for permitted hunting participants and others interested in alligator hunting, covering topics like alligator capture and handling, rules and equipment use. Vendors will likely also be on hand to demonstrate or sale their products. Permits were handed out this spring for the public alligator hunting season, which runs from Sept. 10 to Oct. 8. Three hundred permits were handed out in the Berkeley/Dorchester/Charleston region.
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Sunday, July 3, 2011
DNR needs your help with a seasonal survey.
S.C. Department of Natural Resources needs you to count turkeys through Aug. 29. Annually, since 1982, DNR conducts a Summer Turkey Survey to estimate reproduction and recruitment of wild turkeys in South Carolina. The survey involves agency wildlife biologists, technicians, and conservation officers, as well as many volunteers from other natural resource agencies and the general public. Summer surveys are designed to monitor annual nesting success of hens and survival of their young, which has the greatest influence on wild turkey population dynamics. The information allows biologists to calculate many factors essential for sound turkey management including: average brood size, percentage of hens with and without young, gobbler to hen …
