Marsh hummocks provide a high diversity of habitats and plant communities, including isolated wetlands, forests, shrub thickets and grasslands. For other bird species, hummocks are used for resting, especially during high tides, serve as roosting sites, provide desirable nesting areas,
Captain Sams Spit, a beautiful sandy inlet at the southern end of Kiawah Island, is a highly mobile piece of land. Eroding and accreting regularly, this property is vital to important endangered and threatened wildlife species — including the piping
Over the years, DNR has been concerned about the lack of nesting success for black skimmers on Deveaux Bank, one of three seabird sanctuaries managed by the agency. Until recently on Deveaux, the intertidal zone has been open to the
Over the years, the South Carolina State Ports Authority (SPA) has increased cruise ship operations and applied for permits to build a new passenger terminal vastly larger than the current one. This has a direct impact on Charleston and because
