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

August 31, 2009

Deer, Painted Bunting favorites for wildlife-themed license plate

Survey results:

• Incipient drought status declared for 22 S.C. counties
• DNR courtesy boating inspections set during Labor Day weekend
• Shrimp baiting season opens Sept. 11 in S.C. waters
• Deer, painted bunting favorites for wildlife-themed license plate
• Cane Creek dove field to open in Jocassee Gorges on Sept. 16
• National Hunting and Fishing Day set Sept. 26 in Columbia, Oct. 3 in Seneca
• Youth deer hunt opportunities available at Samworth WMA
• Still no evidence of chronic wasting disease in S.C. white-tailed deer
• Shellfish season set to open Oct. 1
• Map Modernization meeting in Columbia Sept. 18
• Map Modernization meeting in Allendale County Sept. 14
• Upstate mobility impaired deer hunts set for this fall
• Youth encouraged to hunt Bluefield/Moultrie Hunt Units
• Two youth deer hunts set for Orangeburg County
• DNR, Air Force set youth deer hunt at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range
• Aiken County wildlife area open to public in September
• Youth deer hunts in Upstate to be conducted by DNR
• Forty-six fields available for public dove hunting
  
• Freshwater Fishing Trends
• Saltwater Fishing Trends
• S.C. Weekly Tidetable
• DNR video
• Conservation video

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