Dewees Island Conservancy - Dewees Island, Charleston, SC

Wood Ducks

Post Author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:March 21, 2020
Post Category:All / Birds / Dewees Island Conservancy

The first time I saw a wood duck on Dewees, I was all alone in the Conservation area looking for Blue-Winged Teal. I couldn’t believe the amazing colors on this…

Eastern Red Cedar, Juniperus virginiana

Post Author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:March 5, 2020
Post Category:All / Dewees Island Conservancy / Plants / Trees

Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) is a common native plant here in the South Carolina Lowcountry. It can grow to be a relatively tall tree, topping out at about 60…

Dewees Island of International Significance to Shorebirds

Post Author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:April 23, 2018
Post Category:Birds and Birding / CoastalMasterNaturalistsFeed / Dewees Island Conservancy / Island Living

International Recognition Here on Dewees Island, we are working to preserve and maintain habitat for nesting, feeding, and resting shorebirds, and our efforts have gained us inclusion in the Cape…

Summer Internships on Dewees

Post Author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:January 22, 2018
Post Category:All / Dewees Island Conservancy / Interns / Real Estate

Apply now for summer internships on Dewees! Our community is immeasurably enriched by the energy and scholarship of young interns who spend the summer on Dewees in several programs. Here…

Mississippi Kites putting on a show

Post Author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:August 14, 2017
Post Category:Birds / CoastalMasterNaturalistsFeed / Dewees Island Conservancy

If you're at the pool, big bend dock, or Old House Lane this week, be sure to look up. There has been a group of Mississippi Kites overhead, putting on a show,…

Lake Timicau Restoration Project Begins

Post Author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:May 24, 2017
Post Category:Dewees Island Conservancy / Real Estate

It was exciting to see a large earth mover at 6 pipes last week; even more exciting when we heard Pete Y describe it coming out of the water at…

Lake Timicau from the air

The Lake Timicau Restoration Project

Post Author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:August 18, 2016
Post Category:Birds and Birding / Dewees Island Conservancy / Real Estate

Lake Timicau Restoration Project We're pretty excited about some changes coming for the North end of Dewees Island: The Lake Timicau Restoration project. After several years of studying the hydrology of…

Kites near waning moon, by Nolan Schillerstrom

Swallow-tail Kite

Post Author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:August 9, 2016
Post Category:Dewees Island Conservancy

I saw a swallow-tailed kite on Dewees! This is a new bird (for me) on the island, and I might have frightened the real estate clients who were in my…

Manatees pay July 4 visit to Dewees

Post Author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:July 5, 2016
Post Category:Dewees Island Conservancy / Mammals

As storm clouds threatened to provide island residents with some natural fireworks last night, a manatee named Goose calmly meandered the creek outside the rice trunk with some friends. Goose,…

2016 Loggerhead Turtle Nesting Season off to a Roaring Start

Post Author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:June 28, 2016
Post Category:CoastalMasterNaturalistsFeed / Dewees Island Conservancy / Real Estate

Current Nests It's loggerhead turtle nesting season, and here on Dewees we're on target for a record-breaking turtle season, with our 17th nest discovered and marked this morning near Needlerush…