Plishing Challenge Returns to South Carolina This Summer
2024-07-10
Grab your rod and reel, cane pole, or fly rod and a bag to pick up litter—it’s time to go Plishing! The South Carolina WildlifeContinue Reading
An arduous Mountain and an indomitable Marine
2024-06-17
How a 70-year-old Marine officer from Columbia, S.C. proves the Marine Corps still builds men By Thomas S. Mullikin, PhD America’s Marine Corps was establishedContinue Reading
Saluda Shoals opens New Trail
2024-04-24
Saluda Shoals Park is celebrating the opening of a new TRACK Trail today, April 25th, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for 1 pm at theContinue Reading
S.C. Floodwater Commission Chair speaks at international conference in South Africa
2024-03-20
Global Climate Change and the impacts of Desertification are addressed By Chris Carter Dr. Tom Mullikin, chair of the gubernatorially established S.C. Floodwater Commission andContinue Reading
From the Iditarod in Alaska to the SC7 Expedition
2024-03-08
S.C. Floodwater Commission chair reflects on what’s to come here in the Palmetto State By Alex Junes-Ward Dr. Tom Mullikin, the world-renowned global expeditionContinue Reading
Big Changes for SC7 Expedition 2024
2024-02-18
Spring start date instead of Summer and a three-day resiliency conference in May W. Thomas Smith Jr. PLANS FOR THIS YEAR’S SOUTH CAROLINA 7 (SC7)Continue Reading
From paradise to paraíso and back
2024-01-16
By Tom Mullikin I recently departed one paradise, the beautiful Palmetto State, to visit another, the famed Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Over the last twelve years,Continue Reading
South Carolina Trail Towns project putting Palmetto State municipalities on the map
2023-11-16
Trail Town designations launched by the S.C. National Heritage Corridor Last summer, S.C. Lt. Governor Pamela Evette, officials with the S.C. National Heritage Corridor andContinue Reading
Global expedition leader receives South Carolina Chamber’s prestigious military award
2023-11-16
Mullikin honored for distinguished federal and state military service By Christopher D. Carter Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Thomas Stowe “Tom” Mullikin, S.C. State Guard (SCSG), theContinue Reading
South Carolina leader receives high honor from elite Texas martial arts association
2023-10-12
Global expedition leader named Native Texan Black Belt By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Dr. Tom Mullikin, global expedition leader, chairman of the S.C. Floodwater CommissionContinue Reading
Columbia offers Early Bird Walk every Wednesday
2023-10-03
The Columbia Park Ranger Program will be holding an Early Bird Walk every Wednesday from 7 am – 8 am. Participants will be able toContinue Reading