The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will receive $423,519.55 under a Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4. The funding supports the State Wildlife Grants program, which aims to design and implement strategic, proactive conservation programs to benefit state fish and wildlife.
Specifically, the Department will use the award to promote waterbird conservation in South Carolina from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Key activities will include posting closures and educational signs around seabird nesting areas to reduce disturbance, conducting nest counts and reproductive monitoring surveys, providing technical assistance on best management practices to land managers and visitors, and producing outreach materials. Data collection and analysis is expected to help develop recommendations to reverse population declines in at-risk waterbird species. Collaboration with partners will also seek to improve outcomes for priority species across geographic scales. The work supports the State Wildlife Grants program's goal of aiding state agencies in strategic conservation planning.
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