Phragmites in South Carolina (Cont. 2007-2009)
2009 Control was significantly reduced based on the current budget problems that are faced by Local, State, and Federal entities and the fact that control has been effective in significantly reducing the populations to a more manageable number in several areas including the Santee Coastal Reserve WMA and the Santee Delta WMA areas
2008 showed a measurable reduction in phragmites and significantly reduced treatment efforts. Based on input from agency managers and regional and county planners the focus in 2008 remained on phragmites control in coastal South Carolina. To improve the general operations efficacy, phragmites work was coordinated with the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and several county entities to include several SCDNR wildlife management areas and National Wildlife Refuges including Donnelley/Bear Island WMA, ACE Basin Refuge, Santee Coastal Reserve, Yawkey Wildlife Center, Santee Delta WMA, and Samworth WMA and locally impacted sites. The main purpose of which was to provide increased habitat opportunities for waterfowl and reclaim other important areas. 748 acres were treated at a cost of $110,039. That represents a 64% decrease in acreage from 2005’s high of 2083 acres and a decrease of 10% from the planned acreage for 2008(827 acres). Funding has been secured for additional phragmites work in the Intracoastal Waterway from Georgetown to Charleston and also in Charleston Harbor (250 acres). The phragmites invasion of coastal South Carolina has been slowed and additional work needs to be continued in future years.
2007 marked an important phase of phragmites control in the Santee Coastal WMA: local managers should now have gained the upper hand with an additional 714 acres spayed on Santee Coastal. Additional control should only be maintenance work with aerial work several years apart. Yawkey continues treatment with several problem areas which remains persistent throughout treatment. Those areas may have to be dried out before completely effective control is attained.
2007 Phragmites Control Operations | |||||
Location | PDF Maps | Open in Google Earth | Acres | Costs | |
Santee Coastal | 714 | $120,230 | |||
Tom Yawkey | 120 | $20,866 | |||
Baruch | 100 | $17,388 | |||
Charleston Harbor NWS |
NO MAP |
NO MAP |
156 | $31,472 | |
Charleston Harbor USACE |
282 | $57,720 | |||
Intracoastal
waterway USACE (Georgetown to Charleston) |
NO MAP |
North |
295 | $59,996 | |
Samworth | 9 | $1,565 | |||
ACE Basin | 36 | $7,362 | |||
Caw Caw Natural Area | 17 | $3,477 | |||
Others | NO MAP |
NO MAP |
9 | $1,175 | |
TOTAL | 1,738 | $321,251 | |||
Private landowners | NO MAP |
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No Final Info |
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