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This resolution, passed by the South Carolina Senate, formally recognizes and honors Charles Ruth for his thirty-one years of dedicated service to the state, particularly highlighting his exceptional leadership in wildlife conservation. It commends his work at the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, where he advanced through various roles, ultimately serving as Big Game Coordinator, responsible for statewide management of deer, wild turkey, and black bear populations. The resolution also acknowledges his significant contributions to over one hundred pieces of legislation related to wildlife, his commitment to public engagement and transparency through numerous meetings, his role in fostering cooperative research with universities and federal agencies to promote science-based wildlife management, and his extensive public education efforts. It emphasizes his unique position as the sole state agency wildlife biologist in the Eastern United States coordinating a comprehensive big game program, and concludes by stating that his career has established a lasting legacy of improved conservation practices and responsible stewardship of South Carolina's wildlife for future generations.

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