FRED President Tim Rogers reacted to this news on Tuesday, saying "This is really important. We need to let Friends of the Edisto know that our voices have been heard on this important issue."
This is a guest article from paddling enthusiast and SC native, Spencer Martel, written for Friends of the Edisto.
The coastal low country harnesses an unique magic. I am called down from the mountains every so often by some beckoning from the saltwater breeze in the Spanish moss. My most recent lure was the great blackwater of the Edisto River. In the twenty some years before I made my leave of South Carolina, I hadn’t acquainted myself with the ACE basin. July seemed as good a time as any to seek solace on its waters.