News Updates - 2020

For more information, contact the SCDNR Office of Media and Outreach.

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October 22, 2020

• Encouraging sea turtle nesting season despite challenges
• Drivers should watch for deer on state roads
• New law provides big win for conservation, protection of South Carolina native reptiles and amphibians

October 9, 2020

• Charges pending in investigation into illegal alligator harvests

October 6, 2020

• SCDNR Names Year’s Outstanding Officers

September 29, 2020

• Second recovery made in Georgetown missing boater case
• One recovery made in missing boater case in Georgetown County

September 28, 2020

• Tips for properly and ethically disposing of deer remains

September 25, 2020

• Fishing in South Carolina lands a big one with Top 25 of the Decade designation for Santee Cooper lakes

September 24, 2020

• Shellfish season opens Oct. 1
• CCA SC donates tags & receivers to help with important cobia research
• Jerry A. Lee of Johnsonville appointed to SCDNR Board

September 21, 2020

• SCDNR Board Member: Deer hunters, volunteers working to help hungry South Carolinians

September 18, 2020

• Flooding cancels Saturday hunt on public dove field in Clarendon County

September 11, 2020

• REMINDER: Regulation bans the use of natural deer lures and attractants in South Carolina

September 10, 2020

• Eight additional non-native black and white tegus sightings confirmed in South Carolina

September 9, 2020

• SCDNR Archaeology Team awarded three emergency supplemental grants by Historic Preservation Fund

September 1, 2020

• SCDNR to hold courtesy boat inspections during Labor Day holiday weekend

August 31, 2020

• South Carolina sees average Least Tern nesting season

August 28, 2020

• SCDNR adds two additional public dove fields

August 26, 2020

• Reminder: Assistance with tags for the 2020 deer season is available by phone or in-person at SCDNR offices

August 21, 2020

• First sighting of black and white tegu lizard confirmed in Midlands

July 27, 2020

• Exploring South Carolina's cultural preserves

July 13, 2020

• Lights out! Sea turtle hatching season has begun

July 13, 2020

• SCDNR Heritage Trust program contributes to "Science Advances" journal article

July 2, 2020

• Descending devices and non-offset hooks soon to be required for snapper-grouper fishing

July 1, 2020

• SCDNR offices statewide to resume in-person transactions

June 29, 2020

• SCDNR offering courtesy boat inspections during holiday weekend

June 26, 2020

• SCDNR, GADNR investigating fish mortality event in Savannah River

June 25, 2020

• SCDNR Big Game Program Coordinator presented with prestigious award

June 24, 2020

• S.C. Coastal Bird Conservation program focus turns to new protection and conservation efforts

June 2, 2020

• Edisto River Basin Council to hold first online meeting June 17

May 29, 2020

• New limits for spadefish, tripletail

May 28, 2020

• Statewide deer harvest remained stable in 2019

May 27, 2020

• SCDNR K9 passes away after medical emergency

May 26, 2020

• Average forecast as shrimp season opens May 27

May 19, 2020

• Sassafras Mountain Tower, Bald Rock to reopen Wednesday, May 20

May 18, 2020

• West Columbia SCDNR office fully operational, public access remains restricted

May 13, 2020

• Shellfish harvest season to close May 31

May 5, 2020

• SCDNR says take down bird feeders if a black bear is visiting your neighborhood

April 29, 2020

• Gov. McMaster extends State of Emergency — stopping or gathering on beaches, sandbars or islands still prohibited

April 22, 2020

• South Carolina reports largest number of wintering orioles for sixth year in a row

April 16, 2020

• Public boat landings in South Carolina given option to reopen for launching of boats

April 14, 2020

• Leave "lost fawns" alone

April 7, 2020

• May 2020 archaeological excavation at Botany Bay Plantation Heritage Preserve canceled

April 2, 2020

• SCDNR's State Lakes reopening for bank fishing

March 31, 2020

• SCDNR's State Lakes closing in response to Governor's Executive Order

March 27, 2020

• Sassafras Mountain Tower, Bald Rock to close in response to COVID-19

March 19, 2020

• SCDNR Offices transitioning to online, phone, mail transactions only

March 16, 2020

• Annual Palmetto Sportsmen's Classic canceled amid coronavirus concerns

March 13, 2020

• Bat populations rapidly declining in South Carolina

March 5, 2020

• Maier appointed deputy director of Marine Resources Division

March 4, 2020

• Hope to "See ya' at the Classic"

March 2, 2020

• Antler measuring sessions set across South Carolina

February 26, 2020

• Archaeological excavation at Botany Bay Plantation Heritage Preserve open to public

February 24, 2020

• SCDNR board chairman Pulliam lauded as 'conservation champion'

February 21, 2020

• Governor proclaims March 1-7 as South Carolina Citizen Weather Observer Week

February 13, 2020

• State Senate confirms Robert Boyles as SCDNR director
• S.C. Aquatic Plant Management Council to meet February 26 at Belfast WMA

February 7, 2020

• Corps awards option for Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary renourishment
• Regulation and legislative changes to go in effect with 2020 turkey season
• South Carolina Baltimore Oriole Winter Survey and Great Backyard Bird Count set for February 14-17
• Turkey Season Legislative & Regulatory Changes starting in 2020

January 30, 2020

• All South Carolina counties declared drought free

January 24, 2020

• Draft of the state's 2020 Aquatic Plant Management Plan available now for public review

January 23, 2020

• Quail restoration effort supported by 28 partners in South Carolina

January 21, 2020

• SCDNR Board re-elects Hutchins Vice-Chairman for another term

January 17, 2020

• Thousands of trout to be stocked in Saluda River near Columbia

January 16, 2020

• Public meeting on grant to pave Sassafras Mountain Tower trail set Jan. 29 in Clemson
• S.C. Aquatic Plant Management Council to meet January 22 in Clinton

January 15, 2020

• Investigation into injured possum inconclusive
• Statewide Mobile Irrigation Laboratory pilot project announced at Florence expo

January 8, 2020

• SCDNR to survey and test South Carolina caves and mines for deadly bat disease

January 3, 2020

• SCDNR investigating deadly New Year's Day hunting incident