Government sharpshooters have killed 18 hogs that posed potential threats to visitors at Congaree National Park, a wildlife preserve near Columbia that has had trouble with destructive pigs through ...

HOPKINS — The wild and woodsy Congaree National Park will close several days this month while staffers conduct a hunt to eliminate some of the hundreds of roaming wild hogs that have increasingly ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Congaree National Park will be closed for 24 hours starting the night of November 15 to tackle a growing feral hog problem. Park officials say there will be a heavy focus on areas ...

Federal sharpshooters recently ventured deep into Congaree National Park, looking to kill a type of voracious animal that threatens the preserve’s fragile, forested floodplain southeast of Columbia.

Of the 63 National Parks in the U.S., only 16 require no entrance fee — and Congaree National Park, about 20 miles southeast from Columbia, is one of them. Established in 2003, Congaree saw just ...