HOPKINS — Staff from Congaree National Park, alongside staff from USDA APHIS and Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park will be conducting feral hog management work this fall. This work will be conducted during daylight hours in order to take advantage of increased activity of feral hogs foraging for mast from oak, hickory, and other trees.
There is an old saying: “There are two types of landowners in South Carolina, those who have hogs and those who will.”
This work is currently scheduled to take place Thursdays, October 3,10,17,24, and 31. If conditions remain favorable, further dates may be scheduled for the month of November and will be announced once determined.
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While most frontcountry trails and facilities will remain open to visitors on these dates, resource management staff will be operating in backcountry areas of the park during this time using firearms, including high-powered rifles, requiring certain areas to be closed to visitors. Trails that will be closed while this work is ongoing are as follows:
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• Oakridge Trail
• River Trail
• Kingsnake Trail
• Cedar Creek between Bannister Bridge and South Cedar Creek landings.
In addition to these trail closures, backcountry camping permits will not be issued for Wednesday or Thursday nights during the month of October. All closed areas will be clearly marked by posted signs. The Harry Hampton Visitor Center, Boardwalk, Bluff, Longleaf, and Firefly trails, and the Longleaf and Bluff Campgrounds will remain open.
The Bates Ferry and Fork Swamp trails along the US 601 corridor will also remain open. Visitors wishing to paddle downstream on Cedar Creek can put in and take out at South Cedar Creek landing.
Staff from Congaree National Park, alongside staff from USDA APHIS, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park and Cumberland Gap NHP, will be conducting feral hog management work in the park during April and May.
Feral hogs continue to cause widespread damage to natural and cultural resources both inside and outside of the park. “Resource management staff from the NPS and our partners from the USDA continue to take advantage of every opportunity possible to further reduce the population of these destructive and invasive pests here at Congaree National Park,” said Chief of Resource Stewardship and Science Carson Lillard Van Delden. “Limiting the damage caused by feral hogs not only helps protect park ecosystems, but it also ultimately helps to provide a better experience for visitors to this amazing and unique landscape.”
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