2013 SOUTH CAROLINA AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT PLAN Prepared by the Aquatic Nuisance Species Program South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Approved by the South Carolina Aquatic Plant Management Council 2013 2013 SOUTH CAROLINA AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT COUNCIL Chris Page - Council Chairman S.C. Department of Natural Resources, Land, Water, and Conservation Division Jeannie Eidson - S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Environmental Quality Control, Bureau of Water Bob Perry - S.C. Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division Marc L. Cribb - S.C. Department of Natural Resources, Land, Water, and Conservation Division David L. Tompkins - S.C. Department of Agriculture Jeff Thompson - S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Environmental Quality Control, Office of Coastal Resource Management Larry McCord - S.C. Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) Stan Hutto - S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Tammy Lognion - Clemson University, Department of Pesticide Regulation Appointment Pending- Governor’s Office i SOUTH CAROLINA AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT PLAN Table of Contents PART II - 2013 ANNUAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Aquatic Plant Problem Areas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 Public Waters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 1. Back River Reservoir (Berkeley County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 2. Baruch Institute (Georgetown County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 3. Black Mingo Creek (Georgetown County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 4. Black River (Georgetown County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 5. Bonneau Ferry (Berkeley County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 6. Caw Caw Interpretative Center (Charleston County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 7. Combahee River (Borrow pit) (Colleton County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 8. Cooper River (Berkeley County) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 9. Donnelley WMA/Bear Island WMA/ACE Basin (Colleton County) ------------------------------------------------------------- 38 10. Dungannon Plantation Heritage Preserve (Charleston County) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 41 11. Goose Creek Reservoir (Berkeley County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 12. Lake Bowen (Spartanburg County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 13. Lake Cunningham (Greenville County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 14. Lake Greenwood (Greenwood and Laurens County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 15. Lake Keowee (Pickens and Oconee County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57 16. Lake Monticello (Recreation Lake) (Fairfield County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60 17. Lake Murray (Lexington, Newberry, Richland and Saluda Counties) ---------------------------------------------------------- 62 18. Lake Wateree (Fairfield, Kershaw and Lancaster Counties) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 67 19. Little Pee Dee River (Marion and Horry Counties) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70 20. Lumber River (Marion and Horry Counties) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 73 21. Pee Dee River (Georgetown County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76 22. Samworth WMA (Georgetown County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 79 23. Santee Coastal Reserve (Charleston and Georgetown Counties) -------------------------------------------------------------- 82 24. Santee Delta WMA (Georgetown County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 85 25. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston Harbor/Intracoastal Waterway (Charleston County) ----------------------- 88 26. US Navy, Naval Weapons Station (Charleston, Berkeley County)-------------------------------------------------------------- 91 27. Waccamaw River (Horry County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 94 28. Yawkey Wildlife Center (Georgetown County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 97 Santee Cooper Lakes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 100 29. Lake Marion (Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Berkeley, and Sumter Counties) -------------------------------------- 100 30. Lake Moultrie (Berkeley County) NOTE: The following management plan applies to both lakes. ------------------ 100 South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism State Park Lakes ------------------------------------ 107 ii SOUTH CAROLINA AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT PLAN 31. Aiken State Park (Aiken County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 107 32. Barnwell State Park (Swimming Lake) (Barnwell County) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 110 33. Charles Towne Landing State Park (Charleston County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 113 34. Cheraw State Park (Lake Juniper) (Chesterfield County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 116 35. Croft State Park (Spartanburg County) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 118 36. H. Cooper Black State Recreation Area (Chesterfield County) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 120 37. Hunting Island State Park (Beaufort County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 123 38. Huntington Beach State Park (Georgetown County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 125 39. Jones Gap State Park (Greenville County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 128 40. Kings Mountain State Park - Crawford Lake (York County) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 130 41. Lee State Park (Lee County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 133 42. Little Pee Dee State Park (Dillon County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 135 43. N.R. Goodale State Park (Kershaw County) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 138 44. Paris Mountain State Park (Greenville County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 141 45. Poinsett State Park (Sumter County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 143 46. Sesquicentennial State Park (Richland County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 145 South Carolina Department of Natural Resources State Lakes ------------------------------------------------------------ 148 47. Lake Cherokee (Cherokee County) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 148 48. Lake Edwin Johnson (Spartanburg County) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 149 49. Jonesville Reservoir (Union County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 151 50. Mountain Lakes (Chester County) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 152 51. Lancaster Reservoir (Lancaster County) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 153 52. Sunrise Lake (Lancaster County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 154 53. Lake Ashwood (Lee County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 156 54. Lake Edgar Brown (Barnwell County) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------