The Francis Marion Duck Ponds area is vital for local wildlife and conservation efforts, ensuring the preservation of natural habitats. Francis Marion University now controls one of the largest single tracts of conservation land ever transferred to a South Carolina public university. The Florence-based school assumed ownership of the “Francis Marion Duck Ponds” property in June 2026, adding roughly **8,355 acres of Pee Dee River bottomland to it…
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