The scenic boardwalk in Beidler Forest in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. The forest is the largest uncut cypress-tupelo swamp in the world, with some trees that have been growing for more than a millennium, according to Audubon South Carolina. (Photo provided by Audubon South Carolina)
Beidler Forest in the Lowcountry is the largest uncut cypress-tupelo swamp in the world, with some trees that have been growing for more than a millennium, according to Audubon South Carolina.
As South Carolina’s state-owned utility company seeks to upgrade a transmission line powering homes and business in fast-growing Berkeley, Dorchester and Charleston counties, Audubon and other environmental groups are worried about preservation of all the forest’s trees and state-protected species that call the 18,000-acre natural and historic site home…