Tuesday, May 13, 2025
The I-526 Mark Clark Extension project is officially no more!
The I-526 Mark Clark Extension project is officially no more. The S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank Board voted unanimously yesterday to end the three-way funding contract. This is one of the final pieces to affirm the end of this destructive road project. Read more from the Post & Courier.
After many years of community opposition, including voting down a sales tax that would have funded the…
Thursday, May 8, 2025
The US Army Corps of Engineers will hold public meetings to present and discuss the draft purpose and need being prepared as part of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed South Carolina Highway 22 Extension project.
These will be the first set in a series of community meetings as
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
What’s in our waterways?
While the best approach to reducing plastic pollution is to strengthen policies that will better help prevent different types of plastics from entering our waterways and littering the coastline, we can also take steps to remove plastic from our environment and collect data to help us learn what items are most abundant in our area.
One opportunity to get involved in advocacy on the local level is participating…
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Last Thursday, the Town of Hollywood held a Q&A session to hear both concerns and hopes from residents regarding the future of the town. These meetings are meant to give the community an opportunity to weigh in on updates to the comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances to better regulate how the town addresses future growth and development.
The community has been showing up to meetings and…
Thursday, April 3, 2025
A proposed sandscraping project on the beach at Midway Inlet/South Litchfield could endanger sea turtles during nesting and hatching season and disturb migratory birds along the beach.
The project would place up to 75,000 cubic yards of sand – about the equivalent of over 6,200 dump trucks – in front of the Peninsula Community up to two times over the next five years.
These scraping events are proposed for August through October, during…
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Did you hear? The birds are making national headlines!
Earlier this month, we shared our excitement about strengthened regulations for Deveaux Bank. To close out South Carolina Shorebird Celebration Week, shorebird advocates gathered to celebrate Deveaux’s recent designation as a SCDNR seabird sanctuary, the culmination of decades of working to protect migratory and nesting birds. The significance of this victory was featured last weekend on CBS Sunday Morning. Check out this clip! 🌞
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
We’ve had quite the cold spell this winter and as we enter into April, the Lowcountry stirs back to life. As an organization dedicated to our open space and wildlife, we celebrate the spring by getting outside (join us for some of our events!), welcoming the…
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
March is Prescribed Fire Awareness Month in South Carolina, and with the recent wildfires in the Myrtle Beach area, they are top of mind. Prescribed burning is the carefully planned practice of setting fires in a controlled manner under precise and favorable weather conditions. Resource managers like the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, South Carolina Forestry Commission, and private landowners use prescribed fires to maintain or restore…
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
The 2025 legislative session is now underway, and a few bills have emerged as focal points: House Bill 3309, Senate Bill 12, and House Bill 3928.
H3309 seeks to rollback important regulatory oversight of electric utilities and authorize a joint venture between Santee Cooper and Dominion Energy for the construction of a major new gas plant, among other provisions. S12 specifically addresses…
Friday, March 7, 2025
It has been a long and cold winter season, but…
