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SCWA Concludes Youth Duck Hunting Season

The South Carolina Waterfowl Association (SCWA) officially concluded its 2025–2026 Youth Duck Hunting Season this past Saturday with its final Heritage Hunt of the year, marking another impactful season of mentorship, conservation education and outdoor opportunity for young hunters across the state.
Read more about the Season HERE (external link).

The Boyd Lodge provides much needed accommodations for our campers and plays a vital role in helping us further our mission — to enhance and perpetuate our wildlife heritage through education and habitat conservation. With this lodge, we are able to expand hands-on conservation education to more young sportswomen, empowering future leaders in our field.
Learn more about Boyd Lodge at Camp Woodie

Three Rivers Run Through It

Columbia and her rivers have a rich history, but the present and future use of the river system is equally exciting. For the last 30-plus years, a dogged determination to open the rivers for public enjoyment has been underway and is beginning to come together in a comprehensive plan that, when completed, will reach from the Lake Murray dam to I-77 — a distance of approximately 15 miles. The majority of the trail system running along the banks has been completed, but gaps remain inhibiting a totally connected system of parks, museums, Riverbanks Zoo, and Lake Murray.

An excerpt from Columbia Metropolitan. Read more here.

How Outdoor Education Programs Benefit the Entire School Community

What’s one program that your school could add that would positively impact all of your students, as well as parents and your surrounding community? A program that would simultaneously support curriculum, leadership development, and after-school and summer offerings, while also generating revenue for your school through community engagement. For Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia, SC, the PEAK Program for Leadership, Education, and Adventure is an outdoor education program that achieves all of the above – and then some.

Read more at SAIS.org

City envisions park, apartments, dining on Columbia riverfront

Columbia has three beautiful rivers running along its border, but from downtown you wouldn’t necessarily know that. For decades, city leaders have wanted to take better advantage of the natural allure of the rivers but factors ranging from the condition of the water to land ownership have kept those dreams at bay. But now, a riverfront park in the busy downtown stretch between Blossom and Gervais streets seems to actually be on the horizon.

Read more at The State

Boyd 12,000 Year History Park Visitor’s Center

The Boyd Foundation partnered with the City of Cayce and the River Alliance to begin construction of the Boyd 12,00 Year History Park Visitor’s Center. Site work is being paid for by the City of Cayce while all vertical construction is paid for by the Boyd Foundation. The Visitor’s Center is fully funded and approved for construction.

The History Park encompasses a unique archeological area in Cayce, South Carolina, where history and nature converge. Over the last 120 centuries, the area has had an array of inhabitants, including mammoths, Native American tribes, an early Colonial Fort, and Revolutionary War soldiers. The current trails in the History Park circle Six Mile Creek and earthworks still visible from an 1865 Civil War battle. The history of the Park is also explained in the many wayside exhibits created with the help of the South Carolina State Museum. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2027.

The Visitor’s Center will serve as a southern entry point to the Three Rivers Greenway and will focus on the History Park trails but will also include the entire Three Rivers Greenway System. The facility will include parking and visitor amenities, along with exhibits celebrating the history of the area.

 

Experience The Sanctuary at Boyd Island

Lexington Life Magazine features an article about The Sanctuary at Boyd Island, written by Chesson Merritt.

The grass and leaves are green, flowers are in full bloom, and the great outdoors is beckoning you to spend more time enjoying the stunning natural landscape of our own backyard. Now is the perfect opportunity to explore the best outdoor activities that the Midlands has to offer, especially the ones that provide a tranquil, cool escape from the busyness of everyday life.

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