Outdoor Briefs: Quail seminar set, SCDNR director named
DNR will host quail seminar in March
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is proud to host the 31st-annual Wild Quail Management Seminar at Webb Wildlife Center in Hampton County on March 12-13.
This seminar is designed for land owners and land managers interested in improving their skills in managing habitat for native populations of bobwhite quail.
Seminar topics will include:
- Habitat manipulation including demonstrations of prescribed burning, firebreak establishment, brush control, discing for natural foods and food patch planting;
- Presentations on wild quail management by DNR wildlife biologists;
- Field trips to the Webb Wildlife Center demonstrating habitat management practices;
- Guest speakers from the South Carolina Forestry Commission and Natural Resources Conservation Service;
- Research Update (Tall Timbers) on recent projects in the Southeast; and
- Continuing Forestry Education Credits.
Slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis, so send your registration form and check as soon as possible.
The deadline to register is Feb. 28. For more information, call (803) 734-3609.
Senate confirms Boyles as SCDNR director
COLUMBIA - The South Carolina Senate by unanimous vote Thursday confirmed Robert H. Boyles Jr. as director of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
"I am humbled and excited for the privilege of serving as the next director of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources," Boyles said. "I look forward to working with our staff, our many constituent groups, partners and leaders across the state to help build a durable natural resources stewardship ethic for South Carolina. We have many challenges, but I am confident that we can work together to help improve conservation of our natural resources for us and for our children."
Norman Pulliam of Spartanburg, SCDNR Board chair, called Boyles "a man of great integrity who will lead this department to new heights of natural resources conservation."