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Celebrating Congaree: 50 years in the life of a forest

States Newsroom · October 8, 2026

Some trees in Congaree National Park were already centuries old when the United States was founded, so five decades might seem like only a brief moment in the life of the forest. As the park marks its 50th anniversary, that span tells a larger story, one that is not just about forests and floodplains but about what we…

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Celebrating Congaree: 50 years in the life of a forest

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