Pics of Lake Marion

[Gone South]

Clear the stumps and they will come

[Duck Tape]

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Am I supposed to drive 5 miles across the lake to follow this poorly marked channel lined with tree just under the water so I can get to 95?

[Timberman22]

Now, tell me more about this timberman fetching the logs out the lake.

Keep my name out of this circle jerk! �� I'm not sure if Bog or the politician knows but "dead/rotten" timber is not worth anything....much less finding a mill to take it. Hell the mills are full of wood and have people on quota while the woods are still saturated. Y'all think they're going to open the gates for "dead/rotten" wood. Seems like writing legislation for reducing or imposing a squirrel limit would be a higher priority?

[DRDUCK]

You don't have to. Why not fix the fukin roads we getting taxed on---AGAIN and quit worrying about this, You would think you might have a vested interest in this to be so on it. Just my .02

[ecu1984]

ya'll make my head hurt, the man simply asked for old stump/drought pictures and we ain't seen a single pic yet

[wskinner]

ya'll make my head hurt, the man simply asked for stump/drought pictures and we ain't seen a single pic yet

The man is also a politician. He ain’t wanting them for a scrapbook. He wants them to help fix a problem that only seems to affect your buddy, Cootdaddy. He thinks it will be free, but it won’t. At the end of the day the taxpayer will have to pay for another unnecessary government project.

[Duck Tape]

Keep my name out of this circle jerk! �� I'm not sure if Bog or the politician knows but "dead/rotten" timber is not worth anything....much less finding a mill to take it. Hell the mills are full of wood and have people on quota while the woods are still saturated. Y'all think they're going to open the gates for "dead/rotten" wood. Seems like writing legislation for reducing or imposing a squirrel limit would be a higher priority?

search old timber from river bottom

[ecu1984]

The man is also a politician. He ain’t wanting them for a scrapbook.

You preaching to the choir brotha, my first thought was that he probably has a buddy that will get the tree removal contract.
We all have seen "Swamp Logger" on TV

[Duck Tape]

Oh and Jab, I will never apologize for developing. I am a capitalist.

But this time, it has nothing to do with this.

[ecu1984]

search old timber from river bottom

see, now we are getting somewhere

[Timberman22]

search old timber from river bottom

I know all about old reclaimed cypress from the river. Who is going to police this timber operation, security, theft? Are you cutting timber off the river bottom or only the top portion to eliminate tragedies like previously mentioned?

[Sparkleberry Ridge Runner]

I used to think all politicians were like you. I’ve spent more time engaging politicians lately, and I was wrong. They aren’t all self serving dick jobs like you are. You ask for input, until you are challenged. You respond by belittling your challengers and flexing your intellect. That works against people with lesser intellect.

How many times over the years have we read a post similar to this referring to DT? When will people learn?

[fuzzy]

Sounds like you have now. I didn't make one towards you . The cleared channel runs half way up the lake then turns to go across.

The "cleared" channel only covers a small portion of the lake, and all of it is below the I-95 bridge. But there are markers, just like what is on the "cleared" part, that runs the ENTIRE length of Lake Marion. The portion that hasn't been cleared by man, follows the old river. And guess what, it is stump free also. You can easily follow those same markers all the way to Charleston.

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Am I supposed to drive 5 miles across the lake to follow this poorly marked channel lined with tree just under the water so I can get to 95?

Just in case you weren't aware, local stores sell maps that show the markers. They are very similar to this one.

[Tater]

Seems like the numbers for and against in this thread would mirror the for and against numbers in the public land thread. But, alas, they do not.

Buncha nimby going on here.

[Duck Tape]

I know all about old reclaimed cypress from the river. Who is going to police this timber operation, security, theft? Are you cutting timber off the river bottom or only the top portion to eliminate tragedies like previously mentioned?

You will have the ability to participate in getting the rotten timber out. There is still enough fiber content to break you transom off and cause the motor to flip into the boat with a spinning prop.

Santee Cooper, DNR and the Public Service Authority along with the feds are going to study how this can be accomplished. Public input will be sought. You guys have been notified first.

This is self serving. It serves a lake I love and the people who use it.

[Duck Tape]

Seems like the numbers for and against in this thread would mirror the for and against numbers in the public land thread. But, alas, they do not.

Buncha nimby going on here.

This is two ideas in a row that baffle me. I try to add WMA waterfowl land for public access and I hear DNR can't manage anything. Don't do it.

I try to call in a forgotten promise to return to Lake Marion and remove cormorant sitting stumps and Disney World comes to town.

[reeltight]

I will bet anyone with 100 to 1 odds you cannot drive a v hull 21 ft boat with a boat with a prop, not trimmed, planned off, from I-95 to the dam through the uncleared middle of the lake without hitting a stump with the boat, motor or prop. You can freely dodge any you can see.

Who is in?

So....what's your point?

I'm between you and bog, I couldn't sleep last night. Thinking about the benefits and all. I was ready to wake up and read about them. Disappointment. I mean, you used drinking and driving a boat at night as a benefit. I hope there's more. And fishing...people do that now. No added benefit that I can see.

[Duck Tape]

If you have an interest in pursuing this timber Santee will issue an RFP.

A request for proposal (RFP) is a document that solicits proposal, often made through a bidding process, by an agency or company interested in procurement of a commodity, service, or valuable asset, to potential suppliers to submit business proposals.[1] It is submitted early in the procurement cycle, either at the preliminary study, or procurement stage.

We need to inventory a section or so to see what is available and the value of the timber. This project becomes an easy sell if it can happen at no cost to taxpayers or ratepayers.

[Duck Tape]

So....what's your point?

I'm between you and bog, I couldn't sleep last night. Thinking about the benefits and all. I was ready to wake up and read about them. Disappointment. I mean, you used drinking and driving a boat at night as a benefit. I hope there's more. And fishing...people do that now. No added benefit that I can see.

Why did they plan to cut it to begin with?

Why are all the other lakes cut?

Why should I argue for the obvious benefits?
Safer navigation without 25 ft tall trees sitting 3 inches below the water.
Remove congestion bottled up in the creeks.
Added recreational opportunity.

[jevans]

Keep my name out of this circle jerk! �� I'm not sure if Bog or the politician knows but "dead/rotten" timber is not worth anything....much less finding a mill to take it. Hell the mills are full of wood and have people on quota while the woods are still saturated. Y'all think they're going to open the gates for "dead/rotten" wood. Seems like writing legislation for reducing or imposing a squirrel limit would be a higher priority?

I’m agreement with you. That’s why I asked. I wasn’t calling you out. DT refered to the guy as a timberman. Unless this guy has some sort of specialty market he ain’t taking any of that wood to your typical mills.