What are the biggest issues facing South Carolina and our natural resources?
“I think the biggest one overall, the one that’s going to impact natural resources and our quality of life, will be funding for natural resources. It’s just not there. The appreciation and understanding of how involved natural resources is in all programs in South Carolina is, I think, overlooked. A good example is the Moore School of Business study that shows that natural resources is more than a $30 billion industry in South Carolina.” How can DNR use that study? “The point is that study was an independent study; it wasn’t a study DNR did. Hopefully, it will bring an awareness to the General Assembly as well as the general public the importance and value of natural resources to this state’s economy. Hopefully it will give us the opportunity to justify the things that we need to be doing in natural resources. People don’t come to South Carolina because of our health care, our education. It’s because of land-based and water-based recreational opportunities. That’s what keeps people her
