Kiawah Island is one of South Carolina’s densest loggerhead turtle nesting beaches, and as the 2019 season began, the standing record for Kiawah nests in a season was 402. By the end of the 2019 season, the new record was 575. With five seasons on sea turtle patrol at Hunting Island under my belt, I …
Ya Gotta Love Turtles: Citizen Science on Steroids Read More »
The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing. – John Muir Float down South Carolina’s blackwater beauty, the Edisto River, in this chronicle of an October 2019 paddle by Linda C. Shaw. The weather threatened our plans, …
Wambaw Creek, located in the Francis Marion National Forest, is one of those special places one can paddle to enjoy nature. On a late spring day, we launched our kayaks at Wambaw Bridge Landing, paddled to the Santee River and up Chicken Creek, and back for our 5 mile trip (for location, description and paddle …
Sporobolus (a somewhat fun word to say) is a widespread genus of grasses commonly referred to as ‘Dropseeds’– a reference to their seed dispersal methods. Species in this genus occur mainly in open habitats such as prairies, savannahs, and roadsides, and the species makeup of this genus was originally based on their morphology and flower …
Spartina joins the Sporobolus Family (genus) tree (grass?) Read More »
It’s not every day that a naturalist volunteers to help construct a multi-family housing project on the banks of one of our precious waterways. On April 16th, I had the pleasure of working with several other CMNA members to construct one of the newest residential hotspots in the Charleston area. Our adventure began at the …
