Beginning Memorial Day weekend and throughout the summer law enforcement officers with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be patrolling the state's waterways and conducting courtesy boat inspections.
"This weekend, S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officers statewide will be conducting boating safety inspections at public boat landings," according to Col. Alvin Taylor, deputy director of DNR's Law Enforcement Division in Columbia. "These courtesy inspections are being offered to ensure that all boaters have the required safety equipment on-board their vessel before they launch their boat," Taylor said. "This is all about safety. During these scheduled courtesy safety inspections, DNR officers will be available to talk with boaters and answer enforcement and safety questions."
Courtesy watercraft inspections are scheduled for the following locations this weekend:
Abbeville County: Lake Russell; Blue Hole Boat Landing and Calhoun Falls State Park
Anderson County: Lake Hartwell; Portman Marina
Beaufort County: Battery Creek; Port Royal Landing
Charleston County: Stono River; Limehouse Landing
Cherokee County: Broad River; 99 Island Landing and Pick Hill Landing
Fairfield County: Lake Wateree; Lake Wateree State Park
Georgetown County: Murrells Inlet; Murrells Inlet Public Landing
Greenville County: Saluda Lake; Saluda Lake Landing
Greenwood County: Lake Greenwood; Greenwood State Park, Hwy 34 Boat Landing, Reeders Boat Landing and One Stop Marina
Lexington County: Lake Murray; Irmo side of the Lake Murray Dam
McCormick County: Lake Thurmond; Clark Hill Park Boat Landing, Hwy 378 Bridge Boat Landing, Parksville Boat Landing and Hamilton Branch State Park
Oconee County: Lake Jocassee; Devil’s Fork State Park. Also, Lake Keowee; Lake Keowee Marina and Gap Hill Landing
Orangeburg County: Lake Marion; Indian Bluff Landing
Spartanburg County: Lake Bowen Public Landing and Lake Blalock Public Landing