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‘Cause for celebration’: SC opens 7th state forest

States Newsroom · October 23, 2026

COLUMBIA — The state’s seventh publicly owned forest opened for visitors Friday amid a boom in state-owned public lands. Pocotaligo Station State Forest, which spans parts of Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton counties, is the second new state forest to open this year. Before Old Beech Hill State Forest’s dedication in…

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‘Cause for celebration’: SC opens 7th state forest

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