Share your thoughts on RIDE 4!
Share your concerns now before the projects are on the ballot in November. Your voice matters! The proposed road project list for Horry County is not yet final. This comment period is your chance to have your opinions heard on where your tax dollars should go for the next 25 years. Commenting is easy! Horry […]
RIDE 4 Transportation Sales Tax: Fix it first, don’t make it worse!
For over 30 years, the Conservation League has advocated against I-73 and the formerly titled Southern Evacuation Lifeline, now known as the SC Highway 22 Extension. These unnecessary highways would destroy hundreds of acres of protected wetlands and farmland through communities already facing major flooding —and at exorbitant price tags. Now, Horry County is discussing […]
Members of environmental groups allowed to intervene in Lofton Road Mine lawsuit
Represented by the South Carolina Environmental Law Project, the Coastal Conservation League and Friends of Coastal South Carolina were recently granted approval to take part in legal action to oppose a proposed mine that would threaten important habitat and adversely impact the local community in rural Charleston County. As a small fishing town in rural […]
Bucksport — share your concerns!
If you don’t want a four-lane highway coming through Bucksport, tell Horry County! If you want to see US 701 S widened, speak up now, because it’s not on the current list of projects. Share your thoughts now before the projects are on the ballot in November. Your voice matters! The proposed road project list […]
Crab Bank nesting season update!
Just in case you didn’t see the news, the Post and Courier’s front page on Wednesday featured a great article about Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary’s incredible nesting success in 2023. This is the second year that nesting has occurred on Crab Bank since it was rebuilt using dredged material from the Charleston Harbor deepening, and […]
Conservation groups seek to join, dismiss state challenge in Cape Romain
Groups oppose SC Attorney General’s attempt to open wildlife refuge to horseshoe crab harvesting CHARLESTON, S.C. — Yesterday the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a motion to intervene and a motion to dismiss on behalf of the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League and Defenders of Wildlife in the State of South Carolina’s challenge to the […]