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​Threats to coastal regions include…

​coastal erosion (wearing away of the land) by storm surge flooding and rising sea levels.
• salt water intrusion into drinking water intake sites
• loss of critical habitats which can impact tourism and fishing industries.
• overdevelopment and filling in of wetlands

​Conservation efforts include…

​measuring water quality at multiple stations throughout the coast
• sediment samples
• litter samples
• beach sweeps to clean litter
• oyster shell recycling programs to restore oyster beds

​Threats to inland regions include…

​• litter • farming practices

​Conservation efforts include…

Conservation tillage-special way of farming that reduces the strain on land
• Heritage preserves-protected regions that preserve habitats
• Designation of Scenic Rivers-protects and preserves important state waterways

​Endangered Animals:
• American Swallow-tailed Kite
• Bachman’s Warbler
• Carolina Heelsplitter
• Carolina Pygmy Sunfish
• Eastern Cougar
• Flatwoods Salamander
• Gopher Frog
• Gopher Tortoise
• Indiana Bat
• North Atlantic Right Whale
• Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bat
• Red-cockaded Woodpecker
• Shortnose Sturgeon
• Webster’s Salamander
• West-Indian Manatee

​Endangered Plants/Fungi • American Chaffseed • Black-spored Quillwort • Bunched Arrowhead • Canby’s Dropwort • Harperella • Michaux’s Sumac • Mountain Sweet Pitcher Plant • Persistent Trillium • Pondberry • Reflexed Blue-eyed Grass • Relict Trillium • Rocky Gnome Lichen • Rough-leaved Loosestrife • Schweinitz’s Sunflower • Smooth Coneflower

​Today, research a plant or animal from the endangered lists and record the information you learn on the template in your brochure!

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Name of species: ________________

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Where in SC can it be found? ________ ______________

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What does it eat? _

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What are its predators? _

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What is causing it to be endangered?

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How can people help save it?