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The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources publishes a variety of documents on topics related to the state's natural resources, including management plans, surveys, and regulations.
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Publication Clean Boating Tips(South Carolina State Library, 2021-02-12) South Carolina Department of Natural ResourcesThis document contains helpful tips for clean boating habits.Publication South Carolina Rabbit Hunter Survey 2023-2024(South Carolina State Library, 2024) South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Small Game ProjectThe Small Game Project, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, implemented the South Carolina Rabbit Hunter Survey in the 1991-92 season. The survey was designed to provide reliable, quantitative information about rabbit numbers and rabbit hunter success across the state. This report presents information from the latest survey and compares data collected for the past 10 years. Information is used to identify trends in rabbit populations and rabbit hunting activities in South Carolina.Publication Alligator Project(South Carolina State Library, 2024-05-29) South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Wildlife SectionThis PowerPoint presentation gives information on the alligator hunting season including permits, capture devices, safety, tags and reporting.Publication What is the SC Shorebird Project?(South Carolina State Library, 2024-03-12) South Carolina Department of Natural ResourcesThis PowerPoint presentation deals with the South Carolina Shorebird Project.Publication Shorebirds : from Charleston to Churchill(South Carolina State Library, 2024-03-12) Thibault, Janet; South Carolina Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries DivisionThis PowerPoint presentation s a pictorial work dealing with shore birds in South Carolina and Canada.Publication Seabird activity in Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge(South Carolina State Library, 2024-03-12) South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; Martin, Mary-CatherineThis PowerPoint presentation deals with sea bird activities in the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.Publication South Carolina Department of Natural Resources organizational chart(South Carolina State Library, 2024-03-07) South Carolina Department of Natural ResourcesThis is the March 2024 organizational chart for the Department of Natural Resources.Publication Piping plovers, polychaetes, and poop : learning a shorebird’s diet and habitat preferences(South Carolina State Library, 2024-03-12) Chaplin, Melissa; Tweel, Andrew; Thibault, Janet; South Carolina Department of Natural ResourcesThis PowerPoint presentation describes the piping plover.Publication Red Knots in South Carolina : research & revelations(South Carolina State Library, 2024-03-12) Sanders, Felicia; Martin, Mary-Catherine; Thibault, Janet; Duquet, Camille; South Carolina Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries Division. Coastal Bird ProgramThis PowerPoint presentation describes the Red Knot in South Carolina.Publication Annual report of the Department of Natural Resources on Act 51 123rd session of the South Carolina General Assembly (2023)(South Carolina State Library, 2024-02) South Carolina Department of Natural ResourcesAct 51 of the 123rd Session of the South Carolina General Assembly largely rewrote wild turkey hunting laws in South Carolina. It established new turkey season frameworks, imposed a limit of one gobbler during the first 10 days of the season, a daily limit of one gobbler, and it imposed a first-time fee on turkey tags. Act 51 also requires that “The department shall provide an annual report on the wild turkey resources in South Carolina to the Chairman of the Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee and the Chairman of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.” This document is offered by the department to fulfill that requirement.Publication Results of fall covey count surveys on select WMA tracts - 2023(South Carolina State Library, 2023) South Carolina Department of Natural ResourcesFall covey count surveys are conducted annually on select Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) as an estimate of fall quail populations. These surveys are intended to serve as a fall population monitoring technique for assessing quail populations, tracking population trends, and assessing the effectiveness of management practices conducted on select WMAs under intensive quail management.Publication Records of South Carolina white-tailed deer 1906-2023(South Carolina State Library, 2024-01-17) South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; Ruth, CharlesThis document contains information about records concerning white-tailed deer in South Carolina from 1906 to 2023. It includes information on the South Carolina White-tailed Deer Antler Records Program, the measuring system utilized, and comments and trends concerning the records list.Publication SCDNR small game program : summer bobwhite quail brood survey - 2023(South Carolina State Library, 2023) South Carolina Department of Natural ResourcesA sighting survey for bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) broods was conducted for the 30th consecutive year during the summer of 2023. The quail brood survey was again conducted in conjunction with the summer turkey brood survey. Past survey cooperators and additional potential cooperators were provided with data forms and requested to record sightings of turkeys and quail during the period July 1, 2023, through August 29, 2023. Cooperators included, but were not limited to, SCDNR Conservation Officers and Wildlife Section staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff, foresters, and plantation managers.Publication Recruitment and growth of Edisto River redbreast sunfish : study completion report(South Carolina State Library, 2005-12) South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; Bulak, James S.Redbreast sunfish are a highly valued sport species in the Edisto River, South Carolina. The 2000, 2001, and 2002 spawning cohorts were produced during a period of prolonged drought, while the 2003 cohort was produced during a drought-busting flood. This major hydrologic change in the system provided an opportunity to inspect the effect of this change on the recruitment and growth of redbreast sunfish during drought and flood periods. Our research hypotheses for redbreast sunfish were: Increased spawning success during flood as compared to a drought year ; Increased growth during a flood compared to a drought year. The objective of this effort was to evaluate these hypotheses.Publication Quick guide : riverine floodplains, development, and maps(South Carolina State Library, 2007) South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Flood Mitigation Programs; Association of State Floodplain Managers; RC Quinn Consulting (Firm)This Quick Guide for Riverine Floodplains, Development, and Maps is intended to help you understand the basics about watersheds and the floodplains that are found along all of South Carolina’s rivers, streams and creeks. You will learn about methods used to develop and maintain flood maps, and factors that are considered when development is proposed in floodplains.Publication Charleston Harbor dredging project environmental assessment : biological and sediment composition sampling final report(South Carolina State Library, 2013-07) Marine Resources Research Institute (S.C.); Sanger, Denise; Crowe, Stacie; Riekerk, George; Levisen, MartinThe United States Army Corps of Engineers is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the feasibility of navigation improvements within the Charleston Harbor Estuary. One of the environmental effects of the proposed channel deepening is the potential for increased salt water intrusion within the estuary. This change in the salinity regime has the potential to impact the biological communities in the three river systems.This assessment provides results from quarterly sampling of the macrobenthic community, sediment grain size, and water quality at sites in the Cooper, Ashley, and Wando Rivers that have not been adequately sampled by the South Carolina Estuarine and Coastal Assessment Program.Publication Forage requirements of Brown trout in Lake Jocasse : study completion report(South Carolina State Library, 2011-01-09) Taylor, Barbara; Bulak, Jim; South Carolina Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries DivisionThis report details the condition of brown trout in Lake Jocassee.Publication Assessing effects of watershed change on phosphorus loading to Lake Greenwood, South Carolina : supplement : impact of point sources on phosphorus loading to Lake Greenwood final report(South Carolina State Library, 2009-06-16) Taylor, Barbara; Bulak, Jim; South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Freshwater Fisheries Research LaboratoryOur main report demonstrated that the nine major domestic wastewater treatment plants in the Saluda-Reedy watershed contribute substantial loads of phosphorus to the Saluda and Reedy Rivers. In this supplement we use watershed models to quantify the contributions of these facilities to the loads of phosphorus delivered to Lake Greenwood and to predict the impact of reducing the point source loads.Publication Assessing effects of watershed change on phosphorus loading to Lake Greenwood, South Carolina : final report(South Carolina State Library, 2008-06-10) South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Freshwater Fisheries Research Laboratory; Taylor, Barbara; Bulak, Jim; McKellar, HankThis report covers work on a second study of water quality in Lake Greenwood and the Saluda-Reedy Watershed. This plan for the second study was build a watershed model to predict changes in phosphorus loading to Lake Greenwood resulting from changes in the Saluda-Reedy Watershed, using Hydrologic Simulation Program in Fortran (HSPF). The analysis of watershed data, presented in this report, permits the assessment of the strengths and limitations of the data and establishes a firmer understanding of the watershed processes.Publication The Asian green mussel : unwelcome additions to fouling communities of South Carolina(South Carolina State Library, 2007-12-11) South Carolina Department of Natural ResourcesThe Asian green mussel is a rapidly growing fouling species that has been found attached to floating docks, boat hulls, water intakes and other man-made structures in the southeastern U.S. This brochure shows how to recognize it and what to do if you find it.