Prayer delivered by retired Marine colonel and three-time Hall of Famer aboard USS Yorktown By Christopher David Carter Col. Steve Vitali, USMC (Ret.), delivered a stirring invocation before gathered dignitaries and SC7 Expedition leaders and participants aboard the decommissioned aircraft-carrier USS Yorktown anchored along the shores of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.Continue Reading
Cheyenne Twilley and the Future of South Carolina’s Coast By SCDNR Director Tom Mullikin Long before dawn spills across the salt marshes of the South Carolina Lowcountry, the tide is already at work. It slips quietly through winding creeks, cradles oyster reefs, carries shrimp boats toward open water, and breathesContinue Reading
The Palmetto State’s natural heritage and cultural legacy are inseparable By SCDNR Director Thomas S. Mullikin Around the world, nations strive to protect their natural resources through laws, regulations, and campaigns urging citizens to change their behavior. Those efforts matter. But history teaches us that the most enduring conservation movementsContinue Reading
Event will connect visually impaired persons (or those with other accessibility needs) to the outdoors RAVENEL, S.C. — The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) in partnership with both the South Carolina Seven (SC7) Expedition and the Charleston County Parks’ Caw Caw Interpretive Center, will host a unique multisensory natureContinue Reading
SCDNR fisheries biologists conduct research on the SC7 Expedition trail By Cheyenne Twilley S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) fisheries biologists conducted an electrofishing demonstration on the Middle Saluda River at Jones Gap State Park as part of the sixth-annual South Carolina 7 (SC7) Expedition, earlier this month: The demonstrationContinue Reading
SC7 Expedition enters S.C. Midlands enroute to the coast and Lowcountry Photo – SCDNR Director Tom Mullikin (center) with son Thomas Mullikin Jr., SCDNR Capt. Tommy Buckhannon and two SCDNR game wardens at Jones Gap, South Carolina, along the SC7 trail, July 9. By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Despite searing SouthContinue Reading
SCDNR Director shares thoughts from the SC7 trail about the connection of all things natural By SCDNR Director Tom Mullikin “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.” – John Muir Everything in nature is connected. What do mosses,Continue Reading
Six-day 250 Bench Press Challenge continues throughout the week By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Five law enforcement officers with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) gathered at One Life Fitness-Sandhills, Monday morning, June 29, to record bench-press lifts of 250 lbs. for multiple repetitions including a remarkable 21-rep liftContinue Reading
SCDNR’s basic aquatic competency swim lesson initiative building safer futures for all South Carolinians By Tom Mullikin Swimming lessons that many of us grew up with are not something that all families have always had access to, and if the parents themselves haven’t learned to swim – and many haveContinue Reading
Mullikin: “The ocean still possesses an extraordinary capacity for renewal if we are willing to act wisely and boldly” By Tom Mullikin [EDITOR’S NOTE: SCDNR Director Mullikin is pictured here in Folly Beach speaking with WCBD-TV Channel 2 News in Charleston following his address kicking off World Ocean Day in-and-off-the-coast-ofContinue Reading
Ceremony to be presided over by the Chief Justice of the S.C. Supreme Court and the SCDNR director By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Five law enforcement officers with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) will receive promotions during a formal rank-advancing and swearing-in ceremony at the University of SouthContinue Reading