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Watershed Organizations
Broad | Catawba | Edisto | Pee Dee | Salkehatchie| Saluda | Santee | Savannah | All Watersheds
Click on a watershed above to find organizations working on water issues in your area. For organizations that work in multiple locations, click on "All Watersheds."
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Partnerships with various federal and state agencies, local governments and community groups address nonpoint source concerns in the basins through watershed-based plan development and 319 nonpoint source project implementation.
Broad
- Spartanburg Area Conservancy (SPACE)
- Spartanburg Water
- Friends of Harbison State Forest
- The Tyger River Foundation
- Upstate Forever
- Friends of Lake Robinson
- Broad Scenic River Advisory Council
- The River Alliance
- Richland Countywide Stormwater Consortium
- SJWD Water District
Catawba
- Catawba-Wateree Water Management Group
- Catawba Scenic River Advisory Council
- Catawba Riverkeeper
- Lake Wateree Association (Kershaw County)
- Katawba Valley Land Trust
- Nation Ford Land Trust
Edisto
- Friends of the Edisto
- Edisto River Canoe and Kayak Trail Commission
- Edisto Island Preservation Alliance
- Coastal Expeditions/Carolina Heritage Outfitters
- ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve
- South Carolina Coastal Information Network
- South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
- NOAA Coastal Services Center
- Edisto Riverkeeper
Pee Dee
- Pee Dee Land Trust
- Black Creek Land Trust
- Lynches Scenic River
- Black Scenic River
- Little Pee Dee - Dillon Scenic River
- Great Pee Dee Scenic River
- Murrells Inlet 2020
Salkehatchie
Saluda
- Upstate Forever
- Saluda-Reedy Watershed Consortium
- Save Our Saluda
- Friends of the Reedy River
- Trout Unlimited: Saluda River Chapter
- The Conestee Nature Preserve
- Preserving Lake Greenwood
- Greenwood County Lake Management
- Lower Saluda Scenic River Advisory Council
- Lake Murray Association
- Lake Murray Watch
- Gills Creek Watershed Association
- Friends of Congaree Swamp
- Congaree Riverkeeper
- Sustainable Midlands
- The River Alliance
- Palmetto Paddlers Canoe and Kayak Club
- Saludayakerz
Santee
- Michaux Conservancy
- Sustainability Institute
- Charleston WaterKeeper
- Ashley Scenic River
- Lowcountry Open Land Trust
- Friends of Santee National Wildlife Refuge
- SEWEE Association
- Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
- Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
- Santee Cooper
- Berkeley County's Blueways
Savannah
- Savannah Riverkeeper
- Friends of Lake Keowee Society
- Lake Hartwell Association
- Lake Secession Property Owners Association
- Save Our Lakes NOW
- Lowcountry Institute
- Palmetto Bluff Conservancy
- Friends of Broadway Lake
- Aiken County Watershed Alliance
- Hitchcock Woods
- Palmetto Paddlers Canoe and Kayak Club
All Watersheds
- SC Adopt-a-Stream
- The Nature Conservancy
- Soil and Water Conservation Districts
- Council of Governments (COGs)
- USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service Field Offices (NRCS)
- South Carolina Rural Water Association (SCRWA)
- Clemson Extension County Offices
- American Whitewater
- River Network
- Beach Sweep / River Sweep (SCDNR)
- Palmetto Conservation Foundation
- Center for Watershed Protection
- North American Lake Management Society
- USDA Watershed Services
- US Geological Survey (USGS) Water Data for South Carolina
- South Carolina Tide Graphs (Unofficial)
- Southeast Regional Climate Center
- EPA Watershed Academy
- Southeast Watershed Forum
- Coastal Conservation League(CCL)
- Clemson University Center for Watershed Excellence
- Palmetto Pride - Keep S.C. Beautiful
- Sierra Club - S.C. Chapter
- Coastal Conservation Association of S.C.
- American Rivers
- Carolina Clear