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Feb. 18, 2014
Samworth Wildlife Management Area temporarily closed
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has temporarily closed the Samworth Wildlife Management Area in Georgetown County due to downed power lines and tree limbs as a result of recent winter storms.
Samworth was a gift to the sportsmen of South Carolina from Thomas G. Samworth. Originally 500 acres in 1962, Samworth WMA has increased to 1,588 acres through state acquisitions (1963-1966) and North American Wetlands Conservation Act grant acquisitions (1996). Currently, DNR manages about 1,300 acres of wetland impoundments, 200 acres of uplands and agricultural fields and 88 acres of longleaf pine.
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