Hardeeville in Jasper County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Using Fire to Benefit Wildlife
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 28, 2015
1. Using Fire to Benefit Wildlife Marker
This freshwater wetland is a productive wildlife habitat. Scattered ponds diverse vegetation offer water, food, and shelter for countless birds and other wildlife. If left untended however, the marsh will become clogged with a few species of invasive perennial plants. To preserve this ecosystem, the Fish and Wildlife Service uses a variety of management tools.
One the most effective tools is prescribed burning the planned application of controlled fire, under appropriate condition, for specific purposes. Here, burning is used to eliminate invasive and exotic perennial such as cattails, cut-grass species, and rattle-bush. Annual plants soon colonize the bare soil and yield seeds of higher value to wildlife. Burning also removes tons of dry, dead vegetation that could fuel a destructive wildfire.
Erected by Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Environment.
Location. 32° 10.158′ N, 81° 6.543′ W. Marker is in Hardeeville, South Carolina, in Jasper County. It can be
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Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Managing Water for Wildlife (approx. Ό mile away); Rice Field Trunk (approx. Ό mile away); Prescribed Burning (approx. Ό mile away); Laurel Hill Plantation (approx. 0.4 miles away); Plantation Cistern (approx. one mile away); Savannah River Plantations (approx. 2.8 miles away in Georgia); Atlantic Coastal Highway Through Georgia (approx. 2.9 miles away in Georgia); Savannah Sugar Refinery Explosion (approx. 3 miles away in Georgia). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hardeeville.
Additional commentary.
1. About the signage
At the time that this profile was published, signs that did not interpret human history were included in HMdb.org. While this is no longer the case, this profile remains published for posterity.
— Submitted May 31, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2015, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 1,016 times since then and 259 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on October 30, 2015, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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