South Carolina Wild
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Contact
  • Submit
  • Student Resources
    • What is SCDNR?
    • Scholarship Opportunities
    • Camps
    • Need a license?
    • Volunteer
    • Announcements
  • Archive
  • Outdoor Adventures
  • Go Green
  • Shooting Sports
  • Gone Fishin’
  • Word to the Wise
  • Announcements
35K Followers
South Carolina Wild
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Contact
  • Submit
  • Student Resources
    • What is SCDNR?
    • Scholarship Opportunities
    • Camps
    • Need a license?
    • Volunteer
    • Announcements
  • Archive
  • Feature Story
  • Features
  • Go Green
  • Word to the Wise

A Mission to Make a Difference

Roman Phillips is on a mission to make a difference in his community. In this series of entries, Roman chronicles steps he has taken to improve wildlife habitat and help clean up his neighborhood.
View Post
Share
View Post
  • 4 min
  • Feature Story
  • Features
  • Go Green
  • Outdoor Adventures
  • Word to the Wise

Performing a National Park Update

On October 18, 2020, Congaree National Park celebrates forty-four years of preserving the treasured old growth bottomland hardwood forest found in central South Carolina. Grace Zhou explains how park staff, through the decades, have maintained the many miles of trails and boardwalks that traverse through the forest.
View Post
Share
View Post
  • 3 min
  • Feature Story
  • Features
  • Go Green
  • Outdoor Adventures
  • Word to the Wise

Archaeology Internships During a Global Pandemic

During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the SCDNR archaeology internship program offered Lelia the opportunity to assist the Parker Annex Lab remotely. She was curious how this might go, as she missed working alongside fellow students.
View Post
Share
View Post
  • 3 min
  • Feature Story
  • Features
  • Go Green
  • Outdoor Adventures

A Day in the Life of At-Home Archaeology

Many college students are finding innovative pathways to gain career experience during the Covid 19 pandemic. Sarah Snare gives us a “day in the life” of her home-based internship cleaning and sorting artifacts for the SCDNR Parker Annex Archaeology Lab!
View Post
Share
View Post
  • 1 min
  • Feature Story
  • Go Green
  • Gone Fishin'
  • Outdoor Adventures
  • Shooting Sports

South Carolina Wildlife photo contest winners announced

The winners of the 2019-20 South Carolina Wildlife/Hampton Fund photography contest have been announced! The top-scoring images are on display in this gallery and in the March-April issue of South Carolina Wildlife magazine.
View Post
Share
View Post
  • 9 min
  • Feature Story
  • Outdoor Adventures

Wisconsin Students Light Pathway for Quail in South Carolina

Spring break! Time to hit the beach, go fishing, catch up on sleep or enjoy a home-cooked meal. However, for twelve wildland fire students from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (UWSP), a week of prescribed burning in the Southeast was the hottest ticket around.
View Post
Share
View Post
  • 2 min
  • Feature Story
  • Go Green
  • Outdoor Adventures

Senior Project Connects Students with State Park

A group of Blythewood High School students recently took flight in kayaks to conduct research for their senior project. They explored Goodale State Park to learn how wetlands function as the “kidneys of the landscape,” purifying water systems and providing a barrier against flooding.
View Post
Share
3 Jackson Bland and his father holding fishing rods standing knee deep in water.
View Post
  • 2 min
  • Feature Story
  • Gone Fishin'
  • Outdoor Adventures

Flats Focused

Spring break for University of South Carolina senior Jackson Bland is one that he will treasure for a lifetime. Skiff along with Jackson and his father as they pole through marsh flats, soak in the beauty of a Lowcountry low-tide, and laugh about “missed shots and clumsy fish.”
View Post
Share
View Post
  • 7 min
  • Feature Story
  • Outdoor Adventures

The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, the Fox Squirrel

A Lowcountry reunion takes a sharp turn when the Leonardi family spots an injured infant fox squirrel in need of assistance. This twist of fate sets the course for a high-speed recovery, neighborhood chase, and a heart-tugging, happy ending at Magnolia Gardens. Roey Leonardi tells how the lil speedster got his name.
View Post
Share
View Post
  • 6 min
  • Feature Story
  • Gone Fishin'
  • Word to the Wise

How a Fish Changed Everything

Pam Corwin knew she had found her calling when she began working as a fisheries biologist. A career in fisheries was not something she’d considered as a child, but as she got her feet wet, she could easily see the positive impact of her work on the state’s natural resources. And this is where Corwin’s adventure begins.
View Post
Share
Archives
Did you know?

SCDNR affiliated programs like the Harry Hampton Wildlife fund, the National Archery in the Schools Program, South Carolina Evirothon, and SCDNR Youth Sporting Clay competition award scholarships each year. Check out what scholarships are available!

About Us

South Carolina Wild is an online publication sponsored by the SC Department of Natural Resources’ official magazine South Carolina Wildlife and the Harry Hampton Wildlife Fund.

Disclaimer

The views and opinions expressed on South Carolina Wild are solely those of the authors, and do not reflect official policies, positions, or endorsements of activity or products by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

South Carolina Wild
  • SCDNR website
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender, race, color, national origin, disability, religion or age. Direct all inquiries to the Office of Human Resources, PO Box 167, Columbia, SC 29202.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.