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Friday, February 15, 2013  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. is giving away free trees as part of an effort to promote the shoreline on Lake Murray.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  The Army Corps of Engineers says the storm took up to 100,000 cubic yards of sand from Folly Beach.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Hurricane Sandy will skirt the South Carolina Coast with minimul impacts to the Midlands.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012  A state committee recommends that South Carolina reject requests for more beach groins, walls of rock or wood that are used to trap sand along a beach.

Monday, August 29, 2011  The state Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management surveyed the state's beaches on Monday. Agency spokesman Dan Burger says beaches in the Myrtle Beach area did well in the storm.

Sunday, July 31, 2011  The owner of South Carolina's only golf course on the PGA tour is working to combat erosion that's threatening to send Harbour Town's most famous green into the ocean.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010  Erosion has forced the evacuation of cabins at Hunting Island State Park.

Friday, July 09, 2010  The state environmental agency wants to review building along the South Carolina coast, worried that too many buildings are being constructed too close to the beach.