Category Archives: James Island Creek

Collapsed bank revegetation project

In the October 2015 flood, Mary Edna’s steep creekside bank experienced an erosion event which brought down a large water oak (Quercus nigra) leaving a root mound and creating a mud flat below the yard. Instead of employing a hard structure, Celie Dailey–a landscaper, gardener, and native plant enthusiast who works with botanist Richard Porcher–researched […]
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Good news for our creek and most waterways in Charleston

Thanks to Charleston Waterkeeper, we are happy to report that our creek and most others in our area are again swimmable! View the Water Quality Monitoring page to see the results around town.
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In-depth coverage of 526 expansion impacts

We just discovered John Cecil’s video THE IMPACTED which appeared with the Post & Courier article People who live near proposed path of I-526 unlikely to be compensated on July 1, 2013. His video informs the public of the path of the proposed ground-level and raised highway and its path through some of the last […]
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