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South Carolina’s Unsung Conservation Champions: Riverbanks Zoo’s Scott Pfaff

View fullsize   Riverbanks Zoo Curator of Herpetology Scott Pfaff demonstrates safe handling of a diamondback rattlesnake for a training group of SCDNR Officers. During his four-decade career with Riverbanks,…
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  • 3 min
  • Marine Biology

Now a Mother, Tagged Sea Turtle Sighted After 14 Years

This nesting season, a new loggerhead sea turtle appeared three times on Bald Head Island (BHI), North Carolina to lay her eggs. The new visitor sported an unfamiliar tag that…
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  • 1 min
  • Marine Biology

Watch: A Bird’s-Eye View of Our Fish Research

SCDNR biologists spend nearly 100 days a year on South Carolina waterways hauling trammel nets aboard specially designed boats. The trammel net survey, which uses a three-layered net to trap…
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  • 2 min
  • Explore

Highlights from Our Open House

Two weeks ago we welcomed 2,000 visitors to our Marine Resources Center in Charleston for our Open House. Fish were touched, boats explored, marine science facts shared, games played, and…
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Watch: Video Tour of SCDNR’s Largest Research Vessel

The countdown has begun for our Open House 2017! In two short days, we’ll be welcoming folks to our Marine Resources Center to celebrate the water and wildlife that call…
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  • 8 min
  • Fishing

Q&A with a Red Drum Researcher

This week we’re spotlighting Steve Arnott, an associate marine scientist at the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) who’s led our inshore fisheries lab for over eight years. The…
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  • 3 min
  • Fishing
  • Marine Biology

Stocking South Carolina’s Favorite Saltwater Fish

The South Carolina angler’s favorite saltwater fish has many names: red drum, redfish, spottail, channel bass. Fluctuations in the population of this favored fish are often addressed by fisheries managers…
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