Friends of Congaree Swamp

Welcome to the Friends of Congaree Swamp website

I hope you will often be in touch with us here, on our Facebook page, through our newsletter and in the Swamp itself. We are fortunate to be stewards of not only a wonderful local resource, but one ofof the nation’s newest National Parks, an International Biosphere Reserve, a Globally Important Bird Area, and a Wetlands of International Importance.

To ensure that the integrity and vitality of this magnificent site remain for ourselves and future generations, we invite you to be an active participant in the Friends of Congaree Swamp group. It was through grass-roots citizen involvement that Congaree became a protected public resource; it is through collective involvement NOW that this special place will remain the treasure that it is.

Thank you for your interest. And thank you on behalf of Congaree Swamp and all its denizens.

John M. Grego
President

Events

Adopt-a-Trail Workday (Indian Pink)May 26, 2018 - 10:19 am
Saturday, June 2, 2018 9:00 A.M.-around 1:00 P.M. Friends of Congaree Swamp will be clearing our adopted trails somewhat later than usual to coincide with National Trails Day, when organizations across the country celebrate trails on public lands. Our mascot is Indian Pink, which will be blooming along the Weston Lake Loop and Oakridge Trails. […]
Big Tree HikeNovember 26, 2017 - 3:34 pm
9 AM Saturday, December 2, 2017 In January 2017, we offered a field trip to a champion tree sector, one of 50 created by Frank Henning, the park’s former Learning Center Director, and USC Prof. John Kupfer (Geography) as part of a project to update the park’s big tree database. We will visit another sector […]
Big Tree HikeJanuary 7, 2017 - 11:06 am
9 AM Saturday, January 14, 2017 In 2013, Frank Henning, the park’s Learning Center Director, approached USC Prof. John Kupfer (Geography) about a project to update the park’s big tree database. The park was divided into over 50 sectors and volunteers agreed to search the sectors to confirm the status of trees known from the […]