Category Archives: Flora & Fauna

10 years of battling for Captain’s Sams

By Mary Edna | Published: February 1, 2018
Shortly after Cecelia Dailey came to work for me in 2008, we made a movie about the folly of building on Captain’s Sams Spit, available here: For ten years, we have participated in the public conversation. In July 2017, Cecelia Dailey joined botanist Richard Porcher as an expert witness in the continued battle to stop […]
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Lowcountry botanists Celie Dailey and Richard Porcher give a talk tonight for Native Plant Week

By Celie Dailey | Published: October 17, 2017
Tuesday October 17, 6:30 pm Founder’s Hall at Charles Towne Landing Lecture: Rediscovering the Lowcountry Landscape Dr. Richard Porcher and Cecelia Dailey Man and nature have shaped the Lowcountry landscape ever since Native Americans arrived eleven thousand years ago. Native Americans created calcium-rich shell middens, where a rare community, the maritime shell forest, developed. Beginning […]
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Oppose sand renourishment on Kiawah Spit

By Celie Dailey | Published: March 21, 2017
Developer seeks state permit for Capt. Sam’s Spit beach restoration on Kiawah Island, the Post & Courier reported. Erosion has been persistent here, and “the spit is no longer wide enough to permit a road due to setback regulations,” citizens Timothy and Peggy Barnes wrote. Tomorrow, March 22, is the deadline for requesting a DHEC […]
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