Media Coverage

— “Our position has been, and continues to be, that any planned development should be sited and scaled in such a way that negative impacts to wildlife, wetlands and the natural environment are avoided or at the very least minimized,” said Tim Evans, director of land conservation at Audubon South Carolina, in response to news of the letter. “The planned development at Cainhoy does neither.”

— Beidler Forest Audubon Center is now recognized as part of the National Park Service’s Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

— Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary’s restoration is complete. So what does this mean for the Lowcountry?

— What can we learn over the last 40 years as the climate has changed and how it is reflected in the growth rings in the trees?

— A new bird blind was recently installed at the wood stork pond making it a perfect spot to take pictures and watch hundreds of wading birds.

— Audubon South Carolina, the state parks department, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Duke Energy teamed up June 4 to unveil a Motus wildlife tracking system

— Audubon South Carolina is asking beachgoers to watch out for shorebirds as they hit the sand this weekend and throughout the summer.

— In cities like Charleston, which flooded a record 89 times in 2019, the impacts of climate change are more than just a nuisance for city dwellers.

— About 660,000 cubic yards of material from the Charleston Harbor deepening project will be used to renourish the rookery, which has eroded because of weather and tides.

— The S.C. Department of Natural Resources said they’re concerned by a rise in bird deaths and believe dirty feeders are to blame.