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Congaree National Park is a 26,692.6-acre (41.7 sq mi; 108.0 km 2) national park of the United States in central South Carolina, 18 miles southeast of the state capital, Columbia. The park preserves the largest tract of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the United States.
It is located entirely within the Francis Marion National Forest and contains 4,755 acres (19 km 2), all of which is designated as a wilderness area. This forest wetland is a mix of river-bottom hardwood and pine. [1] To the southeast lies the Little Wambaw Swamp Wilderness, a 4,967 acres (20 km 2) wilderness area managed by the U.S. Forest ...
Pages in category "Wilderness areas of South Carolina" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Hell Hole Swamp is a swamp in northeastern Berkeley County, South Carolina famous for its unique name. It is located entirely within the Francis Marion National Forest and contains 2,125 acres (9 km 2 ), all of which is designated as a wilderness area .
The Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge is a 66,287 acre (267 km²) National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern South Carolina near Awendaw, South Carolina. The refuge lands and waters encompass water impoundments, creeks and bays, emergent salt marsh and barrier islands. 29,000 acres (120 km 2) are designated as a wilderness area. Most of the ...
Safari Club International was founded by C.J. McElroy and fellow hunters in 1972. Early chapters were founded in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Arizona, and Mississippi. McElroy was an accomplished hunter, hunting on six continents and in nearly 50 countries with over 200 record-book specimens, but he was forced to resign in 1988.
The Boone and Crockett Club is an American nonprofit organization that advocates fair chase hunting in support of habitat conservation. The club is North America's oldest wildlife and habitat conservation organization, founded in the United States in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell .
The Francis Marion National Forest is located north of Charleston, South Carolina. It is named for revolutionary war hero Francis Marion, who was known to the British as the Swamp Fox. It lies entirely within the Middle Atlantic coastal forests ecoregion. [3] The park is also entirely in the Subtropical coniferous forest.