An Inquiry-based Approach South Carolina stretches from the mountains to the sea. The Santee River incorporates five distinct landform regions in the state. Each landform region has had a lasting impact on the state, not only in terms of its physical geography, but also on its human and biological communities.
Water pollution is one of the most pressing ongoing natural resource issues facing South Carolina.
The state s high growth rate, coupled with increasing pressures on rural lands for food and fiber, have elevated these issues to the forefront of priorities set forth by natural resource managers. Participants will travel and investigate the Santee drainage basin from its headwaters in the upstate of South Carolina to the Atlantic Ocean.