All South Carolina state lakes closing immediately to comply with governor's order
SCDNR posting closed signs on all properties.

WYFF 4Updated: 7:42 PM EDT Mar 31, 2020
COLUMBIA, S.C. —
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources’ State Lakes are closing immediately to comply with Gov. Henry McMaster’s Executive Order 2020-16 relating to COVID-19, the department announced Tuesday.

SCDNR’s State Lakes offer fishing access to the public in areas where public fishing is often not easily available.

They include:

Dargan's Pond Darlington

Draper WMA York

Jonesville Reservoir Union

Lake Ashwood Lee

Lake Cherokee Cherokee

Lake Edgar Brown Barnwell

Lake Edwin Johnson Spartanburg

Lake George Warren Hampton

Lake John D. Long Union

Lake Oliphant Chester

Lake Paul Wallace Marlboro

Lake Thicketty Cherokee

Lancaster Reservoir Lancaster

Mountain Lake 1 & 2 Chester

Star Fort Pond Greenwood

Sunrise Lake Lancaster

Ross Self, SCDNR’s chief of freshwater fisheries, said the State Lakes will be closed for the duration of McMaster’s executive order.

SCDNR staff are currently in the process of posting closed signs on the properties, according to Self.

“We are sorry about this,” said Self. “We hope the situation moderates soon so that we can reopen these lakes for public fishing again.”

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