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The River Alliance: Congaree Swamp National Monument They found a way to make the Congaree Swamp National Monument truly a public park after being told that easier access, parking, and an educational center were financially out of the question for the old-growth hardwood forest, the nation’s largest and one of its last. And the National Park Service was so impressed that it is touting the Congaree Swamp experience as a model for other communities to follow. From its inception, in a series of “dream-catcher” meetings with citizens, the Alliance knew that maximizing public access to the Congaree Swamp National Monument for local residents and tourists alike was a major priority. www.riveralliance.org /COSW.htm

News articles for National Park, New Jersey CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK, SC - The country's newest national park doesn't have the awe of the Grand Canyon or the peaks of the Smoky Mountains. Elevating the status of the Congaree National Monument to a national park could help this rural town 20 miles from Columbia where two of five residents live in... The country's newest national park doesn't have the awe of the Grand Canyon or the peaks of the Smoky Mountains. linkmorgue.org /united_states/full/New_Jersey/National_Park.html   (2772 words)

Congaree Swamp National Monument The monthly March 2003 meeting of the Swampfox Group was held at the Congaree Swamp National Monument in Richland County (near Hokins, SC). The park also features an elevated swamp walk of over 2 miles through the swamp bottom. There are also many water trails inside the park that take you deeper into the old growth. southcarolina.sierraclub.org /swampfox/congaree2003/congaree.html   (2772 words)

Congaree Swamp National Monument The monument was authorized as a unit of the National Park Service on October 18, 1976. Hopkins, SC The monument rests on a floodplain of the Congaree River and is not a true swamp. Three features give national significance: some of the tallest trees in the East with one of the highest canopies in the world, broad biodiversity, and old-growth forest. www.goingoutside.com /parks/cosw.html   (2772 words)

L.L.Bean: Park Search - Congaree National Park Congaree Swamp, formerly a national monument, became Congaree National Park on Nov. 10, 2003. Skirting the tranquil Congaree River, this national park is home to huge trees, primeval forest landscapes, diverse plants and animals and tranquility. About 10 percent of the park is true swamp and is inundated by water year-round. www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/15171gd.htm   (2772 words)

Congaree National Park (National Park Service) Congaree National Park provides a sanctuary for plants and animals, a research site for scientists, and a place for you to walk and relax in a tranquil wilderness setting. Situated along the meandering Congaree River in central South Carolina, Congaree National Park is home to champion trees, primeval forest landscapes, and diverse plant and animal life. Known for its giant hardwoods and towering pines, the park’s floodplain forest includes one of the highest canopies in the world and some of the tallest trees in the eastern United States. www.nps.gov /cosw   (2772 words)

U.S. National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For example, Congaree National Park is almost entirely wilderness area, yet Yosemite has the Badger Pass Ski Area and the O'Shaughnessy Dam within its boundaries. Yosemite National Park began as a state park; the land for the park was donated by the federal government to the State of California in 1864 for perpetual conservation. National parks in the United States are considered the premier classification of protected areas of the United States. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_parks_(United_States)   (2772 words)

National Park Service - National South Carolina landowners face off against Richland County’s “Town and Country Land Use Plan” and the National Park Service’s expansion of Congaree Swamp National Monument to a National Park. The National Park Service systematically negated the compromises under ANILCA, the broad-reaching Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, that allowed the 6-1/2 million acre Denali National Park and Reserve. The Park Service destroyed mining businesses in Denali National Park and the other new national parks in Alaska, yet delayed compensation or simply never compensated the businesses. prfamerica.org /NatlParkServiceNatl-Index.html   (688 words)

Wildernet - Congaree Swamp National Monument Several national and state record trees are located within the park. Congaree Swamp National Monument, 200 Caroline Sims Road, Hopkins, SC, 29061-9118, Phone: 803-776-4396 Description - Congaree Swamp contains the last significant tract of southern bottomland hardwood forest in the U.S. It is home to a rich diversity of plant and animal species associated with an alluvial floodplain. www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaname=Congaree%20Swamp%20National%20Monument   (688 words)

Congaree National Park (National Park Service) Congaree National Park provides a sanctuary for plants and animals, a research site for scientists, and a place for you to walk and relax in a tranquil wilderness setting. Situated along the meandering Congaree River in central South Carolina, Congaree National Park is home to champion trees, primeval forest landscapes, and diverse plant and animal life. Known for its giant hardwoods and towering pines, the park’s floodplain forest includes one of the highest canopies in the world and some of the tallest trees in the eastern United States. www.nps.gov /cosw   (114 words)

Congaree Swamp Leo is working in collaboration with the National Park Service in the Congaree Swamp National Monument to inventory the fish population and diversity within the monument. The Congaree Swamp National Monument (COSW) rests on a floodplain of the Congaree River just outside Columbia. The monument preserves, in a wilderness state, the largest intact tract of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest in the United States. www.dnr.state.sc.us /wild/freshfish/fwfi/congaree_swamp.htm   (114 words)

Congaree National Park Act of 2003 (1) Congaree Swamp National Monument, consisting of 22,200 acres, was established in 1976 to preserve the finest remaining example of an old-growth southern hardwood forest in North America. (2) approximately 4,576 acres of land adjacent to the Congaree Swamp National Monument, as depicted on the map. (1) to expand the boundary of the Monument by approximately 4,576 acres and redesignate the Monument as a national park to-- www.theorator.com /bills108/hr2580.html   (114 words)

Congaree National Park Congaree National Park is located off of South Carolina Highway 48 (Bluff Road) approximately 20 miles southeast of Columbia, South Carolina. Congaree National Park is a congressionally designated wilderness area. All plants and animals in the park are protected! www.nps.gov /cosw/home.htm   (114 words)

Bird Checklists of the United States Congaree Swamp National Monument protects over 22,200 acres (8,880 hectares) of floodplain forest, swamp, and adjacent uplands along the Congaree River in Richland County, South Carolina (just southeast of Columbia). This bird checklist summarizes the status of 173 species which have been found on park property. www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/othrdata/chekbird/r4/congaree.htm   (114 words)

Congaree Swamp National Monument. Location of Congaree Swamp National Monument identified on a world map. The location of a Visitor Center on a map of Congaree Swamp National Monument. The highest point is at Mount McKinley 6,194 m in Denali National Park. www.pickatrail.com /sun/c/america/congaree_swamp_national.html   (114 words)

GORP - South Carolina - Congaree Swamp National Monument Among the special events and programs are: owl-prowls Friday evenings in spring and fall seasons; Harry Hampton Memorial Walk in November; special spring walks and wild flower walks; American Rivers month programs; National Park Service Week events and River Sweep activities. GORP - South Carolina - Congaree Swamp National Monument The monument is open daily, dawn till dusk. gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nm/sc_conga.htm   (114 words)

4973 Collection of biological data is proposed to assess the structure and health of the aquatic ecosystem in Congaree Swamp National Monument. The objective of this project is to develop an aquatic invertebrate inventory for Congaree Swamp National Monument. Keywords: congaree swamp, mollusks, national monument, south carolina cars.er.usgs.gov /basis/Freshwater_Mussels/4973/4973.html   (114 words)

Audubon: Issues & Actions Congaree National Park is situated on the Congaree River floodplain, southeast of Columbia, South Carolina. Congaree Swamp National Monument (Congaree National Park) was established for the education, inspiration, and enjoyment of present and future generations. Congaree’s significance is affirmed by studies and by its designations as a National Natural Landmark (1974), a National Monument (1976), an International Biosphere Reserve (1983), and a National Park (2003). www.audubon.org /campaign/LWCF2005-SCCONGAREE.html   (827 words)

Print Version .: Corvallis Gazette-Times :. CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK, S.C. — The country's newest national park doesn't have the awe of the Grand Canyon or the massive peaks of the Smoky Mountains. He came to Congaree National Park more than two decades ago, just a few years after a group of South Carolinians banded together against timber companies and kept them from cutting down the old-growth forest by getting the land in the southeastern part of Richland County declared a national monument. It used to be called Congaree Swamp National Monument, and it doesn't take long to find the knobby-kneed cyprus, black water and musty air of the bottomlands. www.gazettetimes.com /articles/2003/12/29/sports/venture/vent1.prt   (667 words)

Biological Inventories In FY 2004, the Southeast Coast Network received funding on behalf of Congaree National Park and Chattahoochee River National Recreation area to expand the reptile and amphibian inventories and document the incidence rate of chytrid fungus in amphibian populations. During FY 2004, field work was completed at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Ocmulgee National Monument, Congaree National Park, Fort Sumter National Monument, Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, Fort Frederica National Monument, Fort Matanzas National Monument, and Castillo de San Marcos. During FY 2004, field sampling was completed at seven SECN parks: Canaveral National Seashore, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Fort Matanzas National Monument, Moores Creek National Battlefield, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Ocmulgee National Monument, and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. www1.nature.nps.gov /im/units/secn/BiologicalInventories.htm   (1051 words)

Groovy Adventures: Traveling and visiting the World of Adventure! Congaree Swamp National Park, SC Kayaking and Camping On November 10, 2003 The Congaree Swamp became our nations newest national park, being upgraded from its former national monument status. We plan to spend a full weekend in Congaree, kayaking as many of the rivers including the Congaree River. groovyadventures.com   (1051 words)

National Parks fast falling into disrepair csmonitor.com NATURAL FUN: Park Ranger Fran Rametta leads a group at the Congaree National Park, S.C. The backlog of maintenance at parks has grown to more than $4 billion. But as the nation approaches the year's first holiday weekend when families head for the mountains, seashore, and battlefield monuments, there's a groundswell of concern (bordering on revolt) among current and retired US Park Service employees over the condition of national parks. Speaking at Everglades National Park the first summer of his presidency, President Bush pledged to "restore and renew America's national parks." Since then, however, the administration and Congress have budgeted $662 million in new funding for such improvements. www.csmonitor.com /2004/0525/p01s02-usgn.html   (1015 words)

Congaree National Park, South Carolina SC Congaree National Park – formerly known as Congaree Swamp National Monument – became South Carolina's first national park in November, 2003. Congaree National Park, South Carolina SC Congaree National Park South Carolina SC Congree Swamp Thanks for using SCIway.net's Congaree National Park SC guide! www.sciway.net /city/congaree.html   (1015 words)

Pinus taeda description Representative painting of an old-growth tree on the floodplain at Congaree Swamp National Monument (National Park Service, 1995). One of the best places to see old-growth loblolly pines is Congaree Swamp National Monument, South Carolina, where the trees grows as emergents approximately 46 m tall above a subtropical broadleaf floodplain forest canopy, itself said to be the tallest such canopy in the northern hemisphere (Robert Van Pelt telephone 14-Nov-1998). The largest tree in South Carolina, in Congaree National Monument, South Carolina, has a dbh of 152 cm, height 44 m, stem volume 42 m www.botanik.uni-bonn.de /conifers/pi/pin/taeda.htm   (1015 words)

National Geographic Adventure Mag.: National Parks 2004 Today, America's largest remnant of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest towers above the Congaree River and is protected as a 22,000-acre (8,903-hectare) refuge that Marion would have loved—and that Congress designated as America's newest national park in 2003. WALK THE PLANKS: The boardwalk at Congaree, the United States' newest national park. More haunted house than symphony hall, nighttime Congaree reverberates with the buzzing of katydids, the barking of tree frogs, and the screams of barred owls. www.nationalgeographic.com /adventure/0405/parks2_congaree.html   (597 words)

South Congaree Flowers Congaree National Park Formerly Congaree Swamp National Monument... the 22,000-acre Congaree Swamp National Monument 20 miles south. South Congaree, South Carolina, United States [Populated Place] is in Lexington County; location is 33... www.maxiflora.co.uk /flowers3/South-Congaree-flowers.html   (597 words)

0391u.htm The biosphere reserve originally covered an area of 444,355ha but has been reduced to 6,125ha: the Congaree Swamp National Monument (the Pinelands National Reserve Unit of 438,210ha, has been deleted from this reserve). The southern park border is the Congaree River. The Congaree Swamp National Monument has been relatively little affected by human intervention apart from some limited road clearing and tree cutting in the 1970's. sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/0391u.htm   (810 words)

Congaree River --  Encyclopædia Britannica Authorized in 1976 as Congaree Swamp National Monument, it was designated a national park and renamed in 2003; it became an international biosphere reserve in 1981. After a course of about 50 miles (80 km), part of which forms the boundary between Richland and Calhoun counties, the Congaree joins the Wateree River southeast of Columbia to become the Santee River. The Congaree was named for an Indian tribe. www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9025843   (810 words)

AllRefer.com - Congaree Swamp National Monument, United States (U.S. National Park System) - Encyclopedia Congaree Swamp National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table). Congaree Swamp National Monument, U.S. National Park System AllRefer.com - Congaree Swamp National Monument, United States (U.S. National Park System) - Encyclopedia reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/X/X-Congaree.html   (810 words)

Pictures of Congaree National Park - US National Parks photos - stock photography and fine art prints Home / USA / South-East / South Carolina / Congaree NP Congaree National Park Pictures of Congaree National Park - US National Parks photos - stock photography and fine art prints Home / US National Parks / Eastern Hardwoods / Congaree www.terragalleria.com /parks/np.congaree.all.html   (810 words)

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