State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) is sponsored by South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR). Supports conservation planning and implementation tied to South Carolina's State Wildlife Action Plan, focusing on species of greatest conservation need.

SCDNR - State Wildlife Action Plan Closed State Wildlife Grants (SWG) and Competitive State Wildlife Grants (C-SWG) - Final Reports Other relevant research and survey reports State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) serve as the nation's framework for proactively conserving fish and wildlife to prevent species from precipitous declines.

As the State of South Carolina’s wildlife agency, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) is the entity charged with creating and updating the State’s SWAP.

Led by a SWAP Coordinator and through rigorous taxa review by teams of scientists and other experts familiar with the State’s wildlife and plants, South Carolina’s latest iteration of the SWAP contains 1,772 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN), including federal and state threatened and endangered species and other rare or declining species. Plans must address Eight Required Elements, including a public review process.

Revisions are required at least every ten years. In 2005 and 2015, each state, territory, and the District of Columbia completed SWAPs for approval by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as a condition for receiving federal funding through the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program used to implement those Plans. This grant program is explained on the USFWS website at https://www.

fws. gov/program/state-wildlife-grants . South Carolina, along with most other states and territories, completed the 2025 edition of the SWAP which can be found at the link below.

The SWAPs describe the states’ landscapes, habitats important to SGCN, key threats, needed conservation actions, and research and monitoring plans.

Additionally, South Carolina’s Supplemental Volume: Species and Guild Accounts, contains a compilation of written accounts, each following a standardized format where the authors describe the species, their status, population size and distribution, habitat requirements, challenges faced, conservation accomplishments thus far, conservation recommendations for future action, and how to measure success.

These accounts are arranged by single species or as guilds if several species share a common habitat.

2025 South Carolina's Swap Supplemental Volume: Species and Guild Accounts Supplemental Volume: Plants and Habitats (Excel) 2015 South Carolina's SWAP 2015 State Wildlife Action Plan - Chapters 1-9 Only Chapter 2: SC's Priority Species Chapter 3: Taxonomic Groups Chapter 4: SC's Landscape Chapter 5: Statewide Conservation Strategies Chapter 6: SC's Comprehensive Monitoring Program Chapter 7: Public Input and Partnerships Chapter 8: Implementation and Adaptive Management Chapter 9: State Wildlife Grant Project Summaries Appendix 1-A: Terrestrial Priority Species and Their Ecosystems - Excel Appendix 1-B: Freshwater Priority Species and Their Habitats - Excel Appendix 1-C: Marine Priority Species and Their Habitats - Excel Appendix 1-D: Plant Priority Species and Their Habitats - Excel Appendix 2: Existing Conservation Plans Appendix 3: Existing Partnerships Appendix 4: Crosswalk Table for GAP Appendix 5: Invasive Plants by Ecoregion Appendix 6: Aquatic and Wetland SC Noxious Weeds Appendix 7: Existing Monitoring Programs Phone Numbers | Accessibility | South Carolina Department of Natural Resources - Rembert C.

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