A gift of a fire truck to help a volunteer department begin to heal
"I just want to say thank you. It means a lot, carrying on the Chad and Landon legacy," said John Sharpe, new Circle Fire ...
SC fire department gets new truck after 2 firefighters killed responding to Hurricane Helene
CIRCLE, S.C. (WIS) - The Circle Fire Department now has a brand-new fire truck thanks to the South Carolina Forestry Commission. The station lost one of its trucks, along with its fire chief and a ...
McMaster asks for $621 million for hurricane relief; launches farm and forest recovery days
Hurricane Helene destroyed parts of South Carolina in September. Now, McMaster is asking for hundreds of millions in federal ...
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Editorial: A welcome new player to SC land conservation team: forestry officials
That led to the S.C. Forestry Commission voting this year to pursue its first conservation easement — adding a powerful new tool to its kit for stewarding the state's forests. This effort got a ...
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Hurricane Helene caused nearly $200M in timber damage, state assessment shows
The full scope of Hurricane Helene’s destructive path through South Carolina is beginning to emerge, with forestry officials ...
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Hurricane Helene caused nearly $200M in timber damage, state assessment shows
Forestry Commission officials conducted aerial surveys of 850 areas beginning Sept. 28, syncing data with teams on the ground to determine volume loss. Total timber damage across 20 counties hit $ ...
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SC land 3 times the size of Hilton Head to be protected in largest conservation easement project
The Pee Dee Basin Initiative is a partnership between the U.S. Forest Service, the Open Space Institute, the South Carolina Forestry Commission, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources ...