The S.C. Department of Natural Resources and its conservation
partners received four conservation awards from the South Carolina Wildlife
Federation at its 38th annual Conservation Awards Banquet held in Clemson.
The awards banquet was held Jan. 25 at the Clemson Inn and Conference Center
on the Clemson University campus. Honors from the South Carolina Wildlife
Federation banquet represent the state's highest conservation awards.
Captain Larry Holbrooks of Westminster, captain of Upstate Law Enforcement
District 1 for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR), received the
Communications Award. The Lloyd G. Webb Natural Resources Office in Clemson
was awarded the Federation's Bootsie Manning Wildlife Habitat Award, named
in memory of a tireless and dedicated Federation volunteer. Partners for
Trout, a cooperative conservation effort involving Foothills Resources
Conservation and Development Council, DNR, Trout Unlimited and numerous
agencies, conservation groups and landowners, received the Wildlife Award.
The Edisto River Forest Legacy Project, a collaborative land protection
effort by MeadWestvaco, DNR and The Conservation Fund, received the Forest
Award.