2015 SOUTH CAROLINA AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT PLAN PART 2 Prepared by the Aquatic Nuisance Species Program South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Approved by the South Carolina Aquatic Plant Management Council 2015 2015 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 Wannamaker - 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 - 2015 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. Charleston County Parks (Caw Caw Interpretative Center, Laurel Hill Plantation) (Charleston County) ------------ 29 7. Combahee River (Borrow pit) (Colleton County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 8. Cooper River (Berkeley County) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 9. Donnelley WMA/Bear Island WMA/ACE Basin (Colleton County) ------------------------------------------------------------- 37 10. Dungannon Plantation Heritage Preserve (Charleston County) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 40 11. Goose Creek Reservoir (Berkeley County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 12. Lake Bowen (Spartanburg County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 13. Lake Cunningham (Greenville County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 14. Lake Greenwood (Greenwood and Laurens County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 15. Lake Keowee (Pickens and Oconee County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56 16. Lake Monticello (Recreation Lake) (Fairfield County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 17. Lake Murray (Lexington, Newberry, Richland and Saluda Counties) ---------------------------------------------------------- 61 18. Lake Wateree (Fairfield, Kershaw and Lancaster Counties) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 65 19. Little Pee Dee River (Marion and Horry Counties) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 68 20. Lumber River (Marion and Horry Counties) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 71 21. Pee Dee River (Georgetown County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 74 22. Prestwood Lake (Darlington County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 77 23. Samworth WMA (Georgetown County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 79 24. Santee Coastal Reserve (Charleston and Georgetown Counties) -------------------------------------------------------------- 82 25. Santee Delta WMA (Georgetown County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 85 26. US Navy, Naval Weapons Station (Charleston, Berkeley County)-------------------------------------------------------------- 88 27. Waccamaw River (Horry County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 91 28. Yawkey Wildlife Center (Georgetown County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 94 Santee Cooper Lakes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 97 29. Lake Marion (Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Berkeley, and Sumter Counties) ---------------------------------------- 97 30. Lake Moultrie (Berkeley County) NOTE: The following management plan applies to both lakes. ------------------- 97 South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism State Park Lakes ------------------------------------ 104 31. Aiken State Park (Aiken County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 104 ii SOUTH CAROLINA AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT PLAN 32. Barnwell State Park (Swimming Lake) (Barnwell County) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 107 33. Charles Towne Landing State Park (Charleston County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 110 34. Cheraw State Park (Lake Juniper) (Chesterfield County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 113 35. Croft State Park (Spartanburg County) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 115 36. H. Cooper Black State Recreation Area (Chesterfield County) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 117 37. Hunting Island State Park (Beaufort County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 120 38. Huntington Beach State Park (Georgetown County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 122 39. Jones Gap State Park (Greenville County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 125 40. Kings Mountain State Park - Crawford Lake (York County) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 127 41. Lee State Park (Lee County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 130 42. Little Pee Dee State Park (Dillon County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 132 43. N.R. Goodale State Park (Kershaw County) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 135 44. Paris Mountain State Park (Greenville County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 138 45. Poinsett State Park (Sumter County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 140 46. Sesquicentennial State Park (Richland County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 142 South Carolina Department of Natural Resources State Lakes ------------------------------------------------------------ 145 47. Lake Cherokee (Cherokee County) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 145 48. Lake Edwin Johnson (Spartanburg County) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 146 49. Jonesville Reservoir (Union County) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 148 50. Mountain Lakes (Chester County) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 149 51. Lancaster Reservoir (Lancaster County) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 150 52. Sunrise Lake (Lancaster County) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 151 53. Lake Ashwood (Lee County) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 153 54. Lake Edgar Brown (Barnwell County) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------