Our Outside EP.03: “Connecting through Diversity with Diana Prestigiacomo of SCDNR” | Presented by EUKANUBA SPORTING DOG

• Ashley’s first woodcock with Rose/ learning or teachable moments from Ashley’s POV?
• GRN Fat Tuesday Announcement 
• Pheasant Fest Announcement - Public Lands Stage and Path to the Uplands Stage
• Southern Environmental Law Center- Voices for Clean Water initiative: 
• “What brings me to the water is the landscape of the Flint River in South Georgia and the Red Hills. These areas resonate with me because the river rests within a landscape important to bobwhite quail, which I pursue with my beloved string of bird dogs. I pray that we as a people will do what we must to save and conserve our public waters in order to pass along old and new traditions, love, and reverence of the outdoors to my children and their children after me.” —Durrell Smith

As co-founders of the Minority Outdoor Alliance, we want to support the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Voices for Clean Water initiative. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to undo the harmful Trump administration rule that removed federal Clean Water Act protections for countless crucial waterways and wetlands, opening the doors to pollution and destruction by industry, mining and development.

Since the Trump administration’s rule went into effect in June 2020, wetlands and waterways throughout the country lost protections and are now slated for industrial development. The impacts of this rule are far-reaching and people across our region are calling for a return to federal protections that reflect the value clean water plays in all our lives.

LEARN MORE & TAKE ACTION by visiting https://www.southernenvironment.org/news/voices-for-clean-water/ 

Let’s call back protections that honor the value of clean water in all of our lives, especially as we bring more and more unlikely and underrepresented groups to our public waters. More hands-on engagement helps uplift all our voices to help secure environmental victories and strengthen protections and policies around our beautiful country!

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3rd pillar of conservation

• Allocation of wildlife by law. Wildlife is a public resource managed by government. As a result, access to wildlife for hunting is through legal mechanisms such as set hunting seasons, bag limits, license requirements, etc.

About the episode with Diana P.

• Book Reference: What Nature Suffers to: Life, Labor, and Landscape on the Georgia Coast, 1680-1920 Mart A. Stewart
• Virtual Guided Hike: Sassafras Mountain with Diana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VmVQs3aYGo

Topics of Discussion:

• How much public land access to Wildlife Management Areas is available for hunting and fishing?
• The hunting and fishing history of South Carolina.
• Data on demographic use of our public spaces that you could provide insight on?
• Some of the challenges or successes that the SCDNR has had in making more minorities aware of their public land access to hunting and fishing.
• Some of the questions or solutions the SCDNR has had in increasing minority participation in public land access?  

Contact SCDNR:

Informacion@dnr.sc.gov