Category Archives: Kiawah Spit

“Friends” still battling Kiawah Spit development

By Mary Edna | Published: June 22, 2009
Organizer of Friends of the Kiawah River, Sidi Limehouse, wrote the following letter in April 2009. He describes the ongoing legal issues that his group faces in opposing this development and summarizes the issues, including devastating results for wildlife. Cap’n Sam’s Spit: An Environment at Risk – A Call to Action This is an educational […]
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50 Houses on Kiawah Sand

By Mary Edna | Published: February 14, 2009
The eleven-minute documentary features interviews with Dr. Orrin Pilkey, Professor of Earth Sciences at Duke University, and Nancy Vinson, CCL’s Program Director for Air and Water Quality.  Diagrams and maps are provided by geologist Miles O. Hayes, quoted in a recent Post & Courier article as saying, “I’m appalled that they want to develop that […]
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Delete Apathy, Promoting Environmental Action

By Mary Edna | Published: February 14, 2009
Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers, donors, and folks who attended this successful event. We had over 200 come out to support the Coastal Conservation League. Dana Downs, songwriter from Athens, and Mary Edna sung a protest to stop the coal plant on the Great Pee Dee River and performed Dana’s Delete Apathy song. Folks […]
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