Conservation

Our Conservation Chair is Ben Mack.

Interested in getting involved?  Contact Ben at ben.andrew.mack@gmail.com

HEAT WATCH CHARLESTON LINKS

COURTESY CASEY CONRAD

City of Charleston HeatWatch Data:
https://www.charleston-sc.gov/2513/HeatWatch-Charleston-2021#:~:text=The%20HeatWatch%20event%20will%20provide,areas%20that%20need%20it%20most.

Tree Canopy Tools:
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=c6436d1c82324e59a29e2ef115177d35

Street Tree Canopy Storymap:
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/593cdef7583444949e70845a6bf1f8fd

 

Horseshoe Crabs Issues

Defenders of Wildlife Document about Horseshoe Crab A Call For Intervention. Download here:  PDF

Charleston Post and Courier and  Columbia The State newspaper articles about Horsehoe crabs:

https://www.thestate.com/news/state/south-carolina/article259836620.html?fbclid=IwAR3XIrD9jBkx2TvmewJhJZvzwEQwJZIG4L18Yr-yBP0qM08FVc5j8ZKoFnI

https://www.postandcourier.com/environment/sc-officials-may-privately-allow-lab-company-to-harvest-horseshoe-crabs-in-off-limits-zone/article_4b9859b2-aed2-11ec-9bca-97aef1b41cde.html

Horseshoe Crab Recovery talk with Christian Hunt Defenders of Wildlife Zoom Recording:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-sm6-n7iY8&t=13s

 Rescue Rantowles Creek

Trees and sunset colors

The flood is coming to West Ashley with the cause being poorly planned development, wetlands destruction, and concrete.

RESCUE RANTOWLES CREEK – THE MOVIE (45 minutes) premiered at Bulow Landing on October 15, 2021, at 7:30pm. A year-long documentary project by Benjamin Mack and Marsh Deane of MLNL Media, this film tells about the importance of Rantowles Creek to the Charleston community and the nation.
The historically significant waterway flows into the Stono River in Charleston County, and it sits in the crosshairs of suburban sprawl.  A dedicated group of environmental advocates and community leaders hope to stop the sprawl and help others recognize the place for its beauty and cultural heritage.   
This area is unique and worth protecting as the place of first contact by Carolina colonists with the Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe and the site of origin for the largest uprising of enslaved people in the colonial history of North America.  

Watch the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkZMMCkdohw 

Follow the Facebook page for updates:  https://www.facebook.com/Rescue-Rantowles-Creek-101571122079581 

Map image of Rantowles Creek

 

OTHER CONSERVATION ISSUES:
 
 
 
 
 
People’s Energy Plan: Sign On and Contact List  

 

Video Recordings of Dialogues

Also check out the South Carolina Chapter Conservation page: https://www.sierraclub.org/south-carolina/issues 

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