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14 Publicly Owned Lands to Experience the ACE Basin

Marie McAden Marie McAden
A former staffer with The Miami Herald, Marie moved to SC in 1992. She is passionate about the outdoors, and enjoys exploring the state’s many natural treasures from the Lowcountry to the Upstate.
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South Carolina's Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge
  • Botany Bay Heritage Preserve on Edisto Island.
  • Edisto Beach State Park on Edisto Island.
  • Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge near Adams Run.
  • Donnelly Wildlife Management Area in Green Pond.
  • Bear Island Wildlife Management Area in Green Pond.
  • Michael D. McKenzie Field Station on Bennett's Point Road in Green Pond.
  • Dungannon Heritage Preserve in Rantowles.
  • Caw Caw Interpretive Center in Ravenel.
  • Givhans Ferry State Park in Ridgeville.
  • Colleton State Park in Canadys.
  • Mead-Westvaco Edisto Nature Trail on Hwy 17 in Jacksonboro.
  • Great Swamp Sanctuary in Walterboro.
  • Hunting Island State Park on Hunting Island.
  • Audubon Beidler Forest in Harleyville.
    • Marie McAden
    Marie McAden
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    A former staffer with The Miami Herald, Marie moved to SC in 1992. She is passionate about the outdoors, and enjoys exploring the state’s many natural treasures from the Lowcountry to the Upstate.

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    The 350,000-acre ACE Basin Project is one of the largest undeveloped estuaries on the East Coast, named for the Ashepoo, Combahee and Edisto...
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