Legislative Update for 2022-23
If you’ve found your way to this site, it’s clear you have a stake in the enjoyment of South Carolina’s outdoors and protection of its natural resources. And that means…
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Black Bass Slam: Smallmouth Bass
Welcome to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Black Bass Slam! This exciting challenge allows anglers to test their fishing abilities by catching all four species of black bass…
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Tips for Bat Pup Season
It’s bat pup season! Do you know your bat and safety facts? See the helpful tips below to protect people and pets from a bat encounter while also protecting flightless…
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Black Bass Slam: The Largemouth Bass
Welcome to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Black Bass Slam! This exciting challenge allows anglers to test their fishing abilities by catching all four species of black bass…
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What’s the difference between domesticated and wild turkeys?
There are many who think about the crisp, spring air that surrounds the beginning of a good turkey hunting season. But perhaps, for a much larger population of people, when…
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The Diamondback Terrapin
There are many different species of turtles, from the small box turtle to the larger-size softshell turtle. The unique diamondback terrapin prefers brackish water, and it is also a “high priority” species in South Carolina and nearby states.
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Call your shots…
More than 50,000 turkey hunters take to the woods each spring in South Carolina to hunt wild turkeys. [SCDNR photo] Beginning this season, turkey hunters in S.C. will be able…
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A river, and lots of helicopter-stocked trout, runs through it
A long-time conservation partnership keeps remote parts of the Chattooga River in South Carolina’s beautiful Upstate region a place where trout anglers return to time and again. Text by Greg…
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Working for Wood Ducks
To learn more about wood duck habitat, Roman Phillips worked with SCDNR wildlife biologist Molly Kneece to help clean out and prepare wood duck boxes for nesting season. His hard work paid off!
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Name That Tune!
There is a growing list of cellphone apps that you can use to identify bird species by their melodic songs, chirps and calls. Now it is a little easier for novice and expert birders to name that tune!
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