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Committee approves permanent seasonal closure of DeVoe Bank intertidal area to protect seabirds
Summary
The Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee approved moving a Department of Natural Resources regulation to close intertidal access at DeVoe Bank from March 15 to Oct. 15 each year, formalizing an emergency closure put in place in May 2024 to protect nesting and foraging seabirds.
The Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee voted unanimously to move forward a South Carolina Department of Natural Resources regulation that will close intertidal access at DeVoe Bank from March 15 through Oct. 15 each year.
Assistant Chief of Wildlife Will Dillman told the committee the rule, filed as document 5,239, would put the emergency closure enacted in…
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