Why save land from development? That’s a question people have been asking for years, haven’t they? Growing up in Atlanta, I saw the results of unmanaged growth, and those experiences shaped my view of the Lowcountry when I moved here some 30 years ago....
As chairman of the Dorchester Trust Foundation, which owns Rosebrock Park as a nature-based park leased to the county, we are charged with protecting it and its nearby resources. Its health is now threatened by an in-and-out gas station directly across the road...
First on Facebook – May 9, 2021 Click on the blue Facebook logo in the upper right corner above to read all the comments and enlarge the photos, or read the transcript below. A Mother of a Different Kind I hope all you ladies are having, or have...
Meeting of the Ashley Scenic River Advisory Council (ASRAC) Watershed Study – May 2019 Who cares about a little water? Maybe a lot of people when it’s a lot of water. That’s why at our meeting of the Ashley Scenic River Advisory Council...
The Conservation of South Carolina’s Ashley River The Ashley Scenic River Advisory Council Meeting – March 2019 The designation of the Ashley River as a SC State Scenic River by the Dept. of Natural Resources in the late 1990s called into...
Partnerships Between Historical & Environmental Organizations February 2019 Aiken, SC, is a lovely place with friendly people. I’m on contract with Audubon South Carolina and gave a presentation last Tuesday about partnerships between...
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"Drayton Hall Stories" is now a 4X Award Winner with the SE Museum Conference's James R. Short Award, the Governor's Award in the Humanities, the SC Preservation Honor Award & the Alexander S. Salley Lifetime Achievement Award.