Category Archives: Charleston

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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A letter from Dana Beach

By Mary Edna | Published: September 27, 2016
Dana Beach, Executive Director of the Coastal Conservation League, often writes elegantly candid letters to his constituents with links to pertinent articles, such as today’s email: Folks, Over the years the Conservation League has worked with cities and counties to plan collaboratively with an eye toward environmental protection. One of the first counties to take […]
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Exposing questionable practices in Awedaw

By Celie Dailey | Published: April 11, 2016
A new park in Awendaw is being mined for dirt to pay for costs of development. “There needs to be an impact study,” said Chris Crolley, owner of Coastal Expeditions and an Awendaw resident. “Nobody on Town Council is a geologist or a hydrologist.” The lake could be 80 acres once digging is complete. The […]
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