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DNR News
SC Dept. of Natural Resources
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Columbia, SC 29202

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New Broad River fish passage facility dedicated in Columbia

SCE&G, the City of Columbia, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and National Marine Fisheries Service, and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources dedicated a new $5.5 million fish passage facility, or fishway, on the Broad River Riverfront Park off of Broad River Rd. in Columbia on July 13.

• Natural Resources Board meets July 21 in Charleston
• New Broad River fish passage facility dedicated in Columbia
• Upstate youth dove hunt applications due by Aug. 18
• Applications now being accepted for Anderson County dove hunt
• Nesting chimney swifts are source of noise now heard in fireplaces
• Hampton marine conservation banquet set for Aug. 12
• S.C. Conservation Bank commits $9 million for habitat protection
• Alligator warning signs now available
• Hunting, fishing licenses are up for renewal in S.C.
• Beach vitex may threaten sea turtle hatchlings
• Youth deer hunts to be held this fall by Santee Cooper, DNR
• DNR replanting oyster reefs
• Biologist says people can learn to co-exist with black bears
• ‘Mary Agnes’ wins Bohicket tournament in Governor’s Cup Series
• Statewide deer harvest stable in 2005
• Quail Unlimited Midlands funds habitat at Manchester State Forest
• S.C. Wildlife Federation will celebrate 75th anniversary
• Freshwater Fishing Trends
• Saltwater Fishing Trends
• S.C. Weekly Tidetable