April Birding Update
One great thing about our big year birding contest is that it has forced me to be more specific in my birding. No more glancing at a bird and assuming…
Time to Winterize your Golf Carts
Bobby Postlethwaite of Best Golf Carts suggests the following strategies for winterizing your golf cart, or for when it will be sitting for an extended period of time. Most of…
Screen door catch a huge help
This little piece of hardware is one of my new favorite things! As the springs on our screen door age and weather with the salt air, finding a way to…
Fruit Fly Solutions: Build your own cheap traps
One of the dangers of being an avid composter is that, if you forget to take out the compost before leaving your house for a few weeks, you will have…
Butterfly Tagging
On Friday, the Dewees Island Conservancy sponsored a butterfly tagging program on Dewees Island with long-time island friend and fantastic Naturalist Billy McCord. Everyone I told about this responded with…
SCDNR seeking information on Sheepshead fishery
If you hold a recreational salt water fishing license in the state of SC, you should have been invited to participate in a survey about managing the sheepshead fishery. Dewees…
More about Bottled Water
The EPB has been encouraging us to cut our carbon footprint. We've talked about bottled water before; now the folks from The Story of Stuff have produced a video about bottled…
Labor Day means Dammit!ball
Yes, it's that time of year again. We're sorry to miss the action, but if you are on the island this weekend, the annual tournament will be Sunday the 4th…
Curt Salisbury, deckhand and photographer
Check out this fantastic photo! Curt managed to capture a pelican playing with a shrimp. It looks worthy of winning some great photocontests to me! (I have included a small,…
Trash and Recycling Center Reorganized
The Dewees Utility staff has reorganized the trash and recycling center to try to make it easier for people to know where to put what. They've also added clear labels…