$5 million in grants awarded to SCDNR, S.C. Conservation Bank to preserve coastal wetlands By WMBF News Staff | March 10, 2021 at 9:29 PM EST - Updated March 10 at 9:29 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) - More money will be going toward preserving coastal wetlands across South Carolina, according to officials.
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that it and the South Carolina Conservation Bank were awarded $5 million in grants by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The maximum of $1 million was given to each of South Carolinaâs projects, including two in the Grand Strand:
980 acres in the Waccamaw River Basin of Horry County, which SCDNR is planning to acquire with support from Ducks Unlimited and the Conservation Bank. This tract includes more than 3 miles of frontage along the Waccamaw River and features significant natural, cultural and archaeological resources. It will also establish new public access points and increase permanently prot