DNR Media Contacts:
Columbia - Brett Witt (803) 734-3815
Clemson - Greg Lucas (864) 654-1671, ext.22
Charleston - (803) 734-3815
Spokesman - Mike Willis (803) 734-4133
After Hours Radio Room - (803) 955-4000

DNR News
SC Dept. of Natural Resources
P 0 Box 167
Columbia, SC 29202

20th Annual Wild Quail Management Seminars scheduled for March 8-10, 2007

Field demonstrations and classroom instruction will focus on habitat practices including firebreak establishment, prescribed burning, timber management, brush control, discing for natural foods and supplemental food patch plantings. Presentations will be given on wild quail natural history, biology, diseases and parasites, predation and other factors that may be contributing to the population decline. An update on current research will also be presented. Speakers will include wildlife and forestry professionals from state and federal agencies.

• Acclaimed wildlife artist to produce S.C. Duck Stamps
  
• Decorate the natural way during the holiday season
  
• Give wild game, seafood cookbook for Christmas
  
• Pesky exotic barnacle found in Charleston Harbor estuary
  
• 20th Annual Wild Quail Management Seminars scheduled March 8-10, 2007
• Injured Iraq war veterans to participate in deer hunt
  
• Blue crabs recovering from drought decline
  
• Moncks Corner man named DNR Law Enforcement captain
  
• Trout stocked by helicopter in Chattooga, Chauga Rivers
  
• Wild turkey reproduction in state poor this summer
  
• Boaters should be wary of improper sewage disposal
  
• Youth waterfowl hunt applications due Jan. 5
• Tree stand safety: a hunter’s priority
• Dress properly, stay dry to prevent hypothermia
  
• Freshwater Fishing Trends
• Saltwater Fishing Trends
• S.C. Weekly Tidetable
• "SC Wildlife TV" video page
• Wildlife video