Loon Rescue Video
This week, we had one of my favorite bird rescues ever: because it was so successful and the bird even seemed grateful! Casey Jenkins, one of our hospitality interns was…
Welcome Summer Interns of 2019
Summer Interns Arrive Our official summer season kicks off with summer interns arriving on island. We have five this year, and began training and orientation this week. We have three…
My Letter
I've been asked for my letter to DNR and the POA Board. I am writing as a passionate and committed volunteer for DNR of 16 years; I am permitted by…
What’s up with the Rental Kerfuffle?
I'm getting a lot of calls about this current short term rental discussion, so I thought I'd share as much as I could to give some context and history. This…
New Dewees Island Ferry Video Now Available to Share with Guests
As part of the Residential Use group, we looked at revising the map (which we talked about here), and providing guests with videos that prepare them for a visit on…
Dr. Leslie Sautter’s presentation on our Changing Beach
Last week at POA weekend, Dr. Leslie Sautter came to Dewees and gave a great presentation on the history of our shoreline, changes to the front beach, and suggestions for…
Dewees Island on the Map
We've been focusing on maps a lot lately. Way back in about 2004, we worked with the Environmental committee and some realtors to create a large, foldable map with street…
Some new Dewees publications: preorder before POA Meeting
We have two new books available: we're really excited about them. They are being printed at Blurb, which is an on-demand printer, so if you want to preorder some to…
Nesting Bald Eagles
Bald Eagle Chick (s?) Hatch on Dewees Island for the 8th year.
On Saturday, we caught our first glimpse of a young eaglet over on our eagle nest. This makes the eighth consecutive year that a pair of nesting bald eagles has…
Arts Council to Host Another Plein Air Workshop: Register Now for 3/5/2019
The Dewees Island Arts Council had such a success with last spring's Plein Air Workshop, they'd like to do it again. To join the class, email: DeweesIslandArtsCouncil@gmail.com On Tuesday March 5,…