First inland South Carolina tract purchased in Cape Romain effort to save habitat as seas rise


Cape Island in foreground, Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, SC. Photograph courtesy of: Mary Edna Fraser, 2006 ©.

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The vast island seascape of the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge just gained a first tiny foothold on what could be its future.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has acquired its first real tract on the mainland, a 64-acre parcel of land along Bulls Island Road en route to the Garris Public Boat Landing.

The purchase is a big step in an effort to move the refuge inland, to keep habitat for species that are losing ground as its barrier islands are overrun by rising seas…

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