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SUMMARY:Wateree River Heritage Preserve and WMA
DESCRIPTION:Our next outing is on October 22 and will be to the 3\,674-acre Wateree River Heritage Preserve and Wildlife Management Area in Eastern Richland County. This will be a joint outing with CBS (Carolina Butterfly Society). The target butterfly species for CBS is the elusive Southern Dogface\, but CBS will also be looking for other late-season butterflies as well. After the initial meeting at 10:30 AM\, attendees can drive to various areas and walk some of the trails. Areas may be a little overgrown\, but the walking is mostly on level ground and easy. \nCarpooling is recommended due to very limited parking at the “trailheads” (which are nothing more than a gate across the access road or pullout). Cook’s Mountain provides a panoramic view of the Wateree River and is a nice place to have lunch. \n===SCDNR Description of WRHP === \nWateree River Heritage Preserve Wildlife Management (WRHP) was purchased by Haile Gold Mine as partial mitigation for a mining operation that was permitted in Lancaster County\, SC. WRHP will protect upland\, bottomland and managed wetland habitats and provide recreational opportunities including hunting and fishing for the people of South Carolina. One important objective is to protect and enhance jurisdictional wetlands and streams on the property by restoring the natural hydrological flow in those areas where the water was historically diverted and by re-establishing bottomland hardwood species on other areas of the property. \nWRHP is a 3\,674-acre tract of land located seventeen miles east of Columbia on Highway 378 near the Eastover community. The property is bordered by the Wateree River and is on the Richland/Sumter County line\, with all of the land area in Richland County. The WRHP is comprised of the old Cook’s Mountain and Goodwill Plantation tracts. It is an important tract due to the importance of the historic and natural resource characteristics of the property. You can still find graves\, ditches and dikes built by enslaved Africans for rice production on the property. Land types on the property range from a beautiful hardwood forest along the river to some of the highest elevations in the central part of the state. The mountain itself rises an elevation of 372 feet above sea level\, an anomaly in this area that offers scenic views for miles. The mountain was the home of Mr. James Cook\, a famous cartographer\, who produced the Cook Map of South Carolina in 1773. \nThe property also has a wide variety of plant and animal life. There are many wildlife openings on the property and numerous wildlife species including white-tailed deer\, turkey\, bobwhite quail and songbirds. Colonels Creek runs through the southern part of the property and there is a small fishing pond on the northwest border of the tract. Bird watching\, hiking and wildlife observation are encouraged in addition to public hunting and fishing. \nMuch of the property was ditched and Colonels Creek’s original path was diverted to control water hydrology for farming purposes by many of the previous owners. You can still see evidence of ditching in the bottomland hardwood areas of the property. \n===End of SCDNR Description== \nMeet at the first kiosk that is located on the right\, about 0.45 miles along Goodwill Road after entering the property. GPS coordinates for the kiosk are 33.94949\, -80.65303. The HP / WMA entrance is located at 15001 Goodwill Road\, Eastover\, SC 29044 (GPS coordinates 33.94353\, -80.65551) on the north side of Garners Ferry Road\, US Highway 378\, just across from Goodwill Baptist Church. \nNo restrooms are available on the property. For additional information\, refer to the SCDNR website link below. The second link below provides a little history and overview of the property via an SCDNR PowerPoint presentation in PDF format. The third link below is the WRHP map (which includes the color-coded hiking trails) in PDF format. \nNOTE – HP & WMA rules state that “All users must wear international orange from October 1 thru March 1.” so please bring an international orange cap or vest. \nhttps://www2.dnr.sc.gov/ManagedLands/ManagedLand/ManagedLand/900\n \n \n\n\n\n  \nhttps://www.dnr.sc.gov/pubs/WatereeRiverHPWMAPowerPoint.pdf \nhttps://www2.dnr.sc.gov/ManagedLands/mlands/ml_images/maps/WatereeHikingTrails.pdf \nFrom Jerry Bright: The DNR map is geo referenced. Use Avenza to see your location as you navigate around the property.
URL:https://www.scnaturalists.org/event/wateree-river-hp/
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