BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Francis Marion National Forest has awarded two three-year contracts to address road repairs and maintenance throughout the district road system. Recent weather events, such as the severe storms and flooding in the fall of 2015 and Hurricane Matthew in 2016, produced historic rainfall which led to widespread erosion and damage affecting 157 National Forest System roads. Repairs […]
Since 1939, a steel swing bridge has carried cars passing between the Francis Marion National Forest and Mount Pleasant over the Wando River. Yesterday marked the twilight of its life as a bridge – and the start of a new journey. As vehicles sped past on the newly opened replacement bridge in the afternoon, the old steel swing bridge was […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Francis Marion National Forest is becoming the home to more than just trees and animals. Illegal dumping is also moving in and not everyone is happy about it. “It’s very discouraging,” said Quenton Wright told Live 5 News recently. “It makes me sad to see that somebody just blatantly comes out here and dumps like this in […]
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