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South Carolina Conservation Projects

	NEW WOOD DUCK BOXES AND DUCKLINGS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA Wildlife Forever teamed up with a conservation-minded citizen to support a project to build and install 500 wood ducks boxes in South Carolina. Arnold B. Chace, Jr. matched a Wildlife Forever grant to help purchase materials to build the 500 nesting boxes. Volunteers from a local nonprofit, Boy Scouts, and landowners constructed and installed the boxes. Approximately 4,000 ducklings are expected to be born each year in the 500 wood duck boxes.
	SCHOOL CHILDREN AND QUAIL BENEFIT FROM UNIQUE PROJECT School children in Edgefield, South Carolina and the surrounding area are able to travel improved trails on U.S. Forest Service lands and learn about quail habitat restoration thanks to a unique project. Quail and numerous species have benefited from habitat improved on large areas of public lands, thanks to help from Wildlife Forever. During the initial phases of the project, food plots and native grasses were planted. Once the habitat was enhanced, demonstration areas were set up to educate school children across the southeast – thanks to a habitat project that educates tomorrow’s conservationists and benefits wildlife species.
	FISHING RETURNS TO SLADE'S LAKE Residents of Edgefield, South Carolina didn't know what Brazilian Elodea was or where it came from. All they knew for sure was the water plant had choked their popular Slade's Lake. The weeds became so thick, the lake was unfishable. While the lake was dying, the Edgefield County Bass Club developed a plan and Wildlife Forever helped make it a reality. Step one was to kill as much of the Elodea as possible. This required three treatments of an approved herbicide. Grass carp were then introduced into the lake to prevent future infestations. Adding artificial fish habitats plus the stocking of 15,000 blue gill and shell cracker fry completed the plan. Today, the residents of Edgefield still know very little about Brazilian Elodea. Thanks in part to the support of Wildlife Forever's members, they probably never will.