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Biodiversity Wednesday: South Carolina’s Santee Cooper Lake System

Posted on March 23, 2011March 23, 2011 By David Shiffman 3 Comments on Biodiversity Wednesday: South Carolina’s Santee Cooper Lake System
Conservation, Science

As part of our Biodiversity Wednesday series, we’ve discussed amazing ecosystems all over the world. This week’s post will focus on an area a little closer to home (at least a little closer to my home). The Santee Cooper lake system, home to unique fish and a fascinating history, is less than an hour from Charleston. If you’ve ever driven on I-95 through South Carolina, you’ve gone right over it.

The Santee-Cooper system is marked with a white arrow. Image created with Google Earth

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