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FRETWELL: Megafarms could suck rivers dry because state agency isn’t following law, groups charge

FRETWELL: Megafarms could suck rivers dry because state agency isn’t following law, groups charge

Three environmental groups are threatening to sue the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control over what they say is a failure to protect the state’s rivers from industrial scale crop farms.

Published 12/4/23 in The State Newspaper.

With growing subdivisions and drought, is it too late to recover the 'Goldilocks' frog?

This is a terrific article about an amazing SC species, the threats that it faces, and legislation that could help to save it. SCWF is involved in a lawsuit to protect the ephemeral ponds on the Cainhoy peninsula mentioned in this article as “being actively destroyed…this year” - these wetlands are critical for the survival of this species, and many others. SCWF is also actively pushing for the passage of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act mentioned in this article, and we applaud Senator Graham for being a co-sponsor!

18,000-home Cainhoy plan is a ‘total tragedy’ for endangered bird. SC groups are suing.

Published in Post & Courier - A massive 9,000-acre development planned for the Cainhoy peninsula, wedged between Daniel Island and the Francis Marion National Forest, is ground zero for the threats that the species faces: development, climate change and politics.

Lawsuit: Long Savannah Project Would Destroy 209 Acres of Wetlands

Lawsuit: Long Savannah Project Would Destroy 209 Acres of Wetlands

Conservation groups are challenging the state environmental agency’s authorization of a 3,172.6-acre mixed use development in Charleston’s West Ashley—one of the largest proposed developments in the city’s history—and one that stands to threaten the health and livability of the community as it would allow the permanent destruction of 209 acres of wetlands.