Thanks to Landowners

Landowners providing their land for public hunting and recreation are due much appreciation from the SCDNR and all outdoor enthusiasts. Without these lands, public hunting as provided in this state would be impossible. Sportsmen seeing the yellow and black diamond-shaped signs designating WMA boundaries should remember they are hunting as guests of the landowner and be respectful of this privilege.

US Forest Service – 632,177

SC Department of Natural Resources – 234,676

SC Forestry Commission – 90,296

SC Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) – 24,949

Clemson University – 11,265

Department of Energy – 10,470

American Forest Management – 16,929

SCPRT – 7,571

Corps of Engineers (Thurmond Res.) – 6,506

SC Electric & Gas Company – 5,187

Timber-Lands L.P. – 1,044

Plum Creek Marketing, Inc. – 4,808

Catch Mark Timber – 3,245

TIAA Timberlands II (Hancock Forest Mgmt.) – 4,617

American Timberland II – 2,246

Georgia Power Company – 2,814

George Family – 4,753

SC Dept. of Commerce – 1,675

SC Public Ser. Auth. (Pee Dee) – 2,755

Corps of Engineers (Canal) – 2,465

Knightwood (Hancock Forest Mgmt.) – 476

Springland, Inc – 1,856

Duke Energy Progress – 1,036

SC Conf. Bd. Of Camps & Retreats – 1,060

Duke Energy Carolinas – 7,443

York County – 1,643

Jordan Properties – 2,365

Duke Energy (ROWs) – 1,200

Thomas Heirs LLC – 594

TNC – 1,518

City of Walhalla – 439

City of Clinton – 276

Brown Family Partnership – 205

Commission of Public Works (Greer) – 100

William & Joab Lesesne – 92

Vandiviere Properties LLC – 655

John and Irene Blackmon – 1,587

Blue Heron Timber LLC – 594

Naturaland Trust – 2,948

The Conservation Fund – 3,101

TOTAL ACRES – 1,099,057