Either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.
I have spent the last ten years of my life meeting with government employees promising they will do it better. This is the first time I have ever heard of one that did not ask for more money.
I'm sure the director will straighten him out after he gets this report.
Either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.
Good start...thank you.
Ok Duck, Not that you care, coming from little ole me (since you and I have had our exchanges) but here is a chance for you to step in and shine. Help me get a "publicly chaired" SC waterfowl advisory board reinstated. What say you?
Genesis 9;2
Great idea Strick. PL could have the legacy of helping improve the states waterfowling, get people involved who don't buy ducks and release them to shoot. Who actually know the difference between widgeon and Bermuda grass
“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance” - Thomas Jefferson
What do the folks below do?
http://dnr.sc.gov/admin/committees/mwc.html
SC Migratory Waterfowl Committee
The SC Migratory Waterfowl Committee will meet on Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at 10:00 AM at Rembert C. Dennis Building, Room 335, 1000 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC. A meeting agenda (Adobe PDF) for the topics to be discussed will be posted prior to the meeting date.
Governor Appointments Britt E. Rowe
2074 Lynchburg Highway
Lynchburg, SC 29080
Telephone: 803-437-2315
Nick Kremydas
2826 Alberti Drive
Florence, SC 29501
Telephone: 803-798-6650 House Appointments Julian H. Jones
1611 College Avenue
Anderson, SC 29621
Telephone: 864-226-6923
Jim Hills
107 Queen Street
Georgetown, SC 29440
Telephone: 843-546-9104
Senate Appointments Milton Brazell, Chairman
220 Loriane Court
West Columbia, SC 29169
Telephone: 803-796-0069
Joe S. Johnson, Vice Chair
P.O. Box 87
York, SC 29745
Telephone: 803-684-4271 Ducks Unlimited
SC Waterfowl Association William H. Short, Jr., Esq.
Adams and Reese LLP
1501 Main Street, Suite 500
Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone: 803-212-6508
David Harrelson
78 Cantey Lane
Rembert, SC 29128
Telephone: 803-309-6919
DNR Board
Mr. D. Glenn McFadden
332 E. Main Street
Rock Hill, SC 29730
Telephone: 803-326-6464
Migratory Waterfowl Committee Staff
- Bryan Kyzer............. 803-734-4585
- Dean Harrigal........... 843-844-8957
Not sure I get the "don't care part." I don't hold grudges.
I care about ducks and have pursued management of for them since a young adult.
I care about Santee Coastal. I visited it when I was a DNR Board member.
I appreciate your desire to see better management of public lands.
I will do anything in my power to help you get on a board.
When I Chaired the Wildlife Committee on DNR the governor and the Board selected the members of the waterfowl committee. When I searched the website it looks like the selection process has not changed.
Typically members know a board member or politically helped the governor. Do you have a relationship with any current DNR members?
Either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.
The type of committee that needs to be formed needs to contain members of the public that have professional experience in sound waterfowl management practices and will speak unbiased. Right off the top of my head 3-4 names come to mind that would be perfect for such a committee. They all have well over 20 years managing for waterfowl in this area. I also think it should include some landowners from the area that have have waterfowl habitat in their best interest.
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Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men. -Gifford Pinchot
The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. -Thomas Jefferson
The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.
I am waiting to stand corrected as it seems I may have been misinformed that the committee was disbanded.
I agree with the committee type mentioned above most certainly and from the date mentioned it seems that a committee does indeed exists.
To be honest, though if it does exist I am not seeing their actions come to fruit.
I am open again to corrections at anytime.
Genesis 9;2
Clemson hired Rick Kaminski from Mississippi State to head a waterfowl research initiative at the Baruch Institute. Looking from the outside in (I will be the first to admit that I have no clue how to manage brackish or saltwater wetlands) but it does seem that there might be a lot of opportunity for research into the best ways to remove invasives/undesirable species and return former rice fields to a productive state for waterfowl, seeing as there seem to be a large amount of former rice fields in very poor condition on the coast. The proper reclamation practices may already be out there and if so, ignore my post!
"A duck call in the hands of the unskilled is conservation's greatest asset."-Nash Buckingham
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
Threads like this make me even more disappointed I didnt start duck hunting until my mid 20's 10 years ago. I don't have any knowledge of how things used to be, and I missed out on having the connections to be able to actually help. I would have loved to have had a career in this field, but never had any knowledge of openings as I was finishing graduate school. Dang if I couldn't have helped out more.
That said, thank you Strick for all you did. Don't hesitate to ask if you need any support for anything. I don't have much financially, but I can write letters and make phone calls all day long.
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Good work Strick.
The Achi dynamic still doesnt make sense to me.
Hope it works out. Need anything hollar.
"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton
I sold them some stuff recently and they have some nice equipment. Sounds like they have the labor, albeit inexperienced, to get some work done. All starts at the top though.
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Delta in a nutshell: Breeding grounds + small wetlands + big blocks of grass cover + predator removal + nesting structures + enough money to do the job= plenty of ducks to keep everyone smiling!
"For those that will fight for it...FREEDOM...has a flavor the protected shall never know."
-L/Cpl Edwin L. "Tim" Craft
I commend you for your efforts . However it will not matter in the long run , we probably won't have anything to shoot . Obama is taking care of that for us !!!
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