forestry

Mike Switzer interviews Kellee Melton, South Carolina State Conservationist for the Natural Resource Conservation Service at the US Department of Agriculture in Columbia, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Kellee Melton, South Carolina State Conservationist for the Natural Resource Conservation Service at the US Department of Agriculture in Columbia, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Jessica Holdman, a reporter with the South Carolina Daily Gazette.

Mike Switzer interviews Jessica Holdman, a reporter with the South Carolina Daily Gazette.

While the eastern half of the state is no longer under the alert, forestry officials caution that western conditions remain volatile.

State forestry officials are warning residents about outdoor burning as weather conditions heighten the threat of wildfires.

The South Carolina Forestry Commission will be burning a 55-acre tract at the Camden Battlefield Thursday as part of wildfire prevention efforts.

Columbia, Lexington and Spartanburg are recipients of funding from Trees4SC!—a new statewide community forestry program led by the Green Infrastructure Center and the South Carolina Forestry Commission’s Urban and Community Forestry Program.

On Thursday, the South Carolina Forestry Commission issued a statewide Red Flag Alert, until further notice, as they resume command of the fire from the Florida Forest Service Complex Incident Management Team.

Clemson University broke ground on its new 85,000-square-foot Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation.