Spring 2008 ■ Volume 19 No.1 ConservationCoastal League Tom Blagden Tom It's Spring! Trillium cuneatum and green tree frog on Spring Island.

Clean Get Energy 8 A New Way Inventive! Future 12 No More to Work Jasper Port 3 Coal 10 14 From the Director

Our Climate & Energy Agenda Spring 2008 Vol.19 No.1

here may be no “silver bullet” to save Transportation is the second largest energy ______Staff the planet, but energy conservation user worldwide. The choice to drive, walk, Director Dana Beach is, at least, silver buckshot. Our bike, or take a bus depends on local land use Regional Offices excessive dependence on foreign and transportation investment decisions. ______South Coast Patrick Moore oil and coal jeopardizes national We know how to design communities that Reed Armstrong T Andrea Malloy security. Improving efficiency, consequently, reduce automobile dependency but the North Coast Nancy Cave enhances our ability to deal firmly and power to accomplish this in South Carolina, Amy Weinmeister effectively with hostile governments like for example, lies with the more than three Columbia Christie McGregor Patty Pierce those in the Middle East and South America. hundred towns and cities and 46 counties Heather Spires Oil and other energy that govern land use in the state. imports represent a large All of this brings me to the Conservation ______P______rograms______Director of Megan Desrosiers part of our trade deficit, so League’s climate and energy program. We Conservation Programs energy efficiency also improves are working on energy conservation at every Program Directors Jane Lareau Nancy Vinson the U.S. balance of trade. level of government. Nationally, we are part Project Managers Hamilton Davis Energy conservation requires of a large coalition to promote a system of Lisa Jones-Turansky Ben Moore investments that are distinctly carbon “cap and trade,” which will facilitate Jim Cumberland local, such as installing high national goal setting for carbon reduction. Art von Lehe efficiency heating and air We are working in the state Legislature to Alex Dadok Communications/Web Site Brian Barrie systems, home insulation and pass energy efficiency legislation and with Grassroots Coordinator Gretta Kruesi solar panels, thus stimulating Governor Sanford’s Climate, Energy, and Newsletter Editor Virginia Beach local economies. Improving Commerce Advisory Committee to develop ______Development______efficiency in homes means lower utility a state energy plan. We are working with Director Tish Lynn bills and higher disposable income. This is mayors across the state – 108 at last count Membership Nancy Cregg Development Associate Alison Geer particularly important for poor families. – on federal, state and local energy policies.

Finally, environmental advantages of Every one of these elements is essential, ______Administration______increased efficiency include reduced pollution but I am especially encouraged about Director of Administration Cathy Forrester from power plants and other sources. Every the prospects for building local energy HR and Admin. Tonnia Switzer Director of Finance Ashley Waters coastal river in South Carolina has unsafe conservation “delivery systems.” Working Data Manager Nora Kravec levels of mercury, a product of coal fired with cities to improve efficiency in public Technology Administrator Robert Malone Administrative Assistant Angela Chvarak power plants. So efficiency improves public buildings, vehicle fleets, and transportation health. networks has great potential to contribute to Board of Directors

The question is not whether to the overall agenda. But the greatest leverage Laura Gates, Chair

aggressively promote energy conservation and is moving conservation into the private Bill Agnew Mary Kennemur Will Cleveland Fred Lincoln efficiency; it is how. This is where the issue sector by redirecting the waste of inefficiency Dorothea Benton Frank Cartter Lupton Vince Graham Roy Richards becomes murkier. If there is one lesson we’ve back into the economy, by capturing these Richard T. Hale Gillian Roy learned at the Conservation League over the lost resources and deploying them in the Angela Halfacre Jeffrey Schutz Hank Holliday Libby Smith past 19 years, it is the importance of local form of building improvements, equipment Holly Hook Victoria C. Verity action framed by consistent state and federal replacement, home energy generation and George Johnston Trenholm Walker (and in the case of energy – international) other measures that reduce consumption and Advisors and Committee Members policies. It is probably accurate to say that diversify production. Paul Kimball Hugh Lane not one drop of oil or one lump of coal will Improving national security, reducing the Jay Mills be conserved unless it is conserved locally. trade deficit, enhancing local and national To paraphrase the late U.S. Senator Daniel economic prosperity, advancing social P.O. Box 1765 ■ charleston, SC 29402 Moynihan, all energy consumption and welfare, reducing pollution and stabilizing Phone: (843) 723-8035 ■ faX: (843) 723-8308 conservation are local. climate . . . energy conservation is truly the E-Mail: [email protected] Buildings, for example, consume challenge and opportunity of the century. It Web site: www.CoastalConservationLeague.org the lion’s share of energy in the world. would be foolish to suggest that we know P.O. Box 1861 ■ Beaufort, SC 29901 Conserving energy will require more efficient today the precise course to follow, but we feel Phone: (843) 522-1800

construction or reconstruction of homes, confident that local deployment is the litmus 935 Main Street, No. 1 ■ columbia, SC 29201 offices, stores, schools – you name it – in test for success, and we feel fortunate to be Phone: (803) 771-7102 every town and city in America. able to play a key role in the effort. P.O. Box 603 ■ Georgetown, SC 29442 Phone: (843) 545-0403

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An Energy Efficient Future for South Carolina “Do we wait until we reach a crisis or do we take positive steps to ensure that our energy sources remain plentiful and affordable? It's a quality-of-life issue. It's about our state. It's about jobs. It's about our environment. It's about our citizens.”

- Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn McConnell

outh Carolina has a wealth of opportunities when it comes to efficiency and renewable energy. Our S state’s utilities and electric

cooperatives have produced studies Werken Vande Jess that demonstrate that we can power a large proportion of South Carolina’s energy needs through conservation and clean, renewable fuel. Yet, South Carolinians are the fourth largest users of electricity per capita in the United States. That means, despite our state’s relatively low electricity rates, our inefficiency translates into the Charleston Battery Soccer Goes Solar! The Charleston Battery soccer team at fourth highest electricity bills in Blackbaud Stadium on Daniel Island is installing solar panels for powering their offices and the nation. And the bulk of our operations during the day, as well as putting compact fluorescent bulbs in all light fixtures. energy is generated by dirty, coal fired power plants that continue to pollute and heat up our The package includes the following: • Goals for state agencies to reduce their atmosphere. Furthermore, as we • Month-long sales tax holidays offered energy consumption by 20% by 2020; spend more than a billion dollars twice a year for the purchases of • Established goals for state agencies to annually to import energy from energy efficient appliances; use 10% of their energy from distant states and hostile nations, • A sales tax exemption and a $750 renewable resources by 2025, and we weaken the economy, security, rebate for the purchase of an • Establishment of a private, nonprofit and quality of life in energy efficient manufactured home fund to assist low income residents in South Carolina. (Manufactured homes make up 22% making their homes more energy To address these issues, the of housing served by state electric efficient. Coastal Conservation League is coops and tend to be the least energy These initiatives complement working with the General Assembly efficient structures.); legislation already introduced to improve and South Carolina’s electric • A requirement that state agencies the efficiency of South Carolina’s schools, cooperatives, investor owned replace all incandescent light bulbs commercial buildings, and government utilities (like Progress Energy), with compact fluorescent bulbs if vehicle fleets. With the help of the and public utilities (like Santee they are available and cost effective General Assembly and our state’s utilities Cooper) to develop a package by 2011; and electric cooperatives, we can seize of state incentives to encourage • A tax credit equal to 20% of the this potential and lead South Carolina investment in measures that federal credit for the purchase of solar toward greater energy independence, promote energy conservation and fuel cell property; prosperity and security. and the production of home • A sales tax exemption for renewable grown renewable energy. energy systems;

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Conservation League Launches Climate & Energy Program Conservation = Efficiency = Economic Prosperity and A Healthy Environment ©iStockPhoto.com/Gord Horne

t every level of government – local, state and What follows is a sampling of some of the most recent federal – the Coastal Conservation League is data on the expected impacts of climate change; what our helping South Carolina’s communities and their cities and state are doing to increase energy efficiency; what leaders to forge a path toward greater energy leaders and experts from around the nation are saying about A efficiency. The League’s new Climate and Energy the challenges of climate change, and what you can do as Program, staffed by Project Managers Ben Moore and Art an individual to reduce your carbon footprint. Every step von Lehe in Charleston, is gathering and analyzing the best of the way, the Conservation League, in partnership with a climate change data available, examining what solutions are host of other organizations, is empowering individuals and working in other states and nations, and helping to craft communities with the information and tools they need to sound energy policies and strategies to ensure a bright future solve our energy needs for the long-term and ensure a healthy for South Carolina. environment for future generations.

Check out www.CoastalConservationLeague.org and www.GlobalWarmingGuy.com for more information.

Impacts of Climate Change in South Carolina

[The following list is adapted from an article entitled “Climate Change: An Environmental and Business Issue,” published in the University of South Carolina’s Business and Economic Review during the last quarter of 2006.]

Increased Hurricane Intensity • Seven of the ten most expensive hurricanes in U.S. history occurred between August 2004 and October 2005, according to the Insurance Information Institute. • The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has almost doubled in the past 30 years. • There has been a 15-fold increase in insured losses from catastrophic weather events in the U.S. in the last 30 years. • In 2006, there was a 15-25% increase in insurance premiums along the South Carolina coast.

Sea Level Rise • “Melt-off” ice from glaciers in Greenland has more than doubled over the past decade. • The South Carolina Lowcountry and other coastal areas could see up to a 19-inch rise in sea levels by 2100, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. • The sea level at Charleston, S.C. rose nine inches between 1900 and 2000. Courtesy of Clemson Architecture Center Center Courtesy of Clemson Architecture in Charleston Potential sea level rise scenario for Charleston.

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An Opportunity to Lead

n February 16th, 2007, Governor Mark Sanford The objectives of the Climate, Energy and Commerce Advisory Committee are to: ©iStockPhoto.com/Gord Horne signed an executive order • Provide a comprehensive review of the ecological and economic impacts establishing a Climate, Energy of global climate change in South Carolina; O and Commerce Advisory • Propose ways to expand and improve the use of renewable energy sources; Committee tasked with assessing • Present recommendations encouraging energy conservation that reduce the impacts of global climate change energy costs, energy dependence and harmful environmental impact; on South Carolina and formulating • Review technological advances in buildings, infrastructure, and energy strategies to address those impacts. sources that may create economic opportunities and enhance energy Through this executive order, the efficiency and independence; governor has initiated a process for • Compile a comprehensive inventory, forecast and source list of statewide setting comprehensive statewide policy carbon dioxide and other emissions, presenting recommendations on through an executive level stakeholder reducing emissions, and process. Furthermore, the governor • Determine the economic benefits and feasibility associated with any has secured a seat at the table for South recommended actions. Carolina as a leader in addressing global climate change at the national and international levels. Common wisdom South Carolina joins a leadership The results from across the nation suggests that those states that have group of ten states who have completed indicate strong economic benefits from developed or are developing climate climate action plans, with another reducing carbon dioxide emissions. For initiatives will be the leaders in forming fifteen states who are in the process of example, Arizona projects a $5.5 billion federal energy policy. completing climate action plans. At the economic benefit and New Mexico The Advisory Committee consists time of Governor Sanford’s executive projects a $2.5 billion economic benefit of leaders from a broad array of order, only one other southern state from a reduction in their greenhouse sectors including conservation, had committed to a climate action gas emissions. By implementing a renewable energy, utilities, public plan – North Carolina. Since then, the combination of efficiency measures and health, industry, agriculture, tourism/ Governor of Florida, Charles Crist, has the development of renewable energy recreation, insurance, banking/finance, followed Sanford’s lead and begun a sources, states are significantly reducing construction/building, educational climate stakeholder process there. their energy costs and carbon dependence. institutions, local/state government and the general public. Conservation League Executive Director Dana Beach California Holds the Line on serves on the Advisory Committee, and Electricity Consumption Climate and Energy Project Manager Ben Moore serves on the committee’s Working Group on Energy Supply. Chaired by Representative Ben Hagood, the committee has six broad objectives, and will report their recommendations back to the governor this spring. The committee’s recommendations will form the basis of a climate action plan for South Carolina. The League looks forward to supporting the governor and the General Assembly in their efforts to make the recommended plan a reality. California Energy Commission California proves that conservation and efficiency work.

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South Carolina Mayors Urge presidential Candidates to Address Climate Change

Art von Lehe von Art The Conservation League worked with a group of 108 mayors across South Carolina helping to facilitate the release of an open letter to presidential candidates urging them to make climate change solutions a priority in their campaigns. The mayors come from cities large and small, from every region of the state, and represent about one million residents or nearly 25 percent of the state’s population. As these mayors work in their communities to create a clean energy future, they expect leaders in Washington to do the same.

108 Mayors Across South Carolina Demand Action on Climate Change – Map shows the cities and hometowns of the mayors who signed an open letter to the presidential candidates.

Charleston Creates Climate Action Plan

ayor Joe Riley has signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement and recently formed the Charleston Green Committee, For more information, which is charged with creating a Climate Action Plan for the city and is chaired by James Meadors, a Charleston contractor. League visit the Charleston Green M Director of Conservation Programs Megan Desrosiers sits on the Committtee Web site at twenty-person committee as does former League staff member Elizabeth Hagood. www.CharlestonGreen.us. The Conservation League has been working side-by-side with the city to ensure that the process achieves actual measurable greenhouse gas emission reductions.

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Green Governments Webel Alex he Conservation League’s work with the mayoral letter (see above) showed an overwhelming interest in the climate change issue here in South Carolina. As a result of this initiative, the League is making T available climate action and sustainability resources to local governments statewide. Already, municipalities and counties have demonstrated a commitment to lower their greenhouse gas footprint through different policies in arenas such as: land use, transportation, buildings, energy efficiency, and waste management. As the League builds momentum with more local In spite of cheap power rates, South Carolinians pay more for electricity climate action measures, the effort will spread to even more each year than all but six states in the nation. local governments, decreasing South Carolina’s greenhouse emissions and strengthening the imperative for federal Annual Per Capita Expenditure on Electricity action. Soon, the League will launch a new Web site, $500-$700 $900-$1000 www.SCGreenGov.com, as a resource center and information $700-$800 $1000-$1100 exchange for municipalities and counties. $800-$900 $1100+

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Southeastern Coastal 6 Things You Can Do About Global Warming Climate Network Know your footprint: Use one of the many greenhouse gas he Conservation League is a member of footprint calculators available on the Web to find out how the Steering Committee for the recently your lifestyle and choices contribute to global warming. Use established Southeastern Coastal Climate your results to find out how best to reduce you impact. Network, which was organized by the T Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The Buy an efficient vehicle: A car getting 40 miles-per-gallon mission of the group is to foster regional leadership of fuel emits half as much carbon dioxide as a car that gets in mitigating and adapting to the challenge of global 20 mpg. Next time you are ready to buy a car, consider one warming. The network will promote protection of the with the best fuel economy and cleanest emissions in your Southeast’s uniquely vulnerable coastal resources by price range. Not only will you reduce your impact on global increasing local, state, and national awareness of the warming, you’ll save money at the pump. threats and opportunities posed by global warming. Two recent initiatives include the development of Tune up: Keep your car in good shape. Little things like media and marketing materials and the creation of tune ups and properly inflated tires actually go a long way. mapping tools that will document the threat of sea Most Americans drive on under inflated tires, causing us to level rise in key southeastern cities and regions. burn 2% more gasoline than we would otherwise. Keeping your car well-tuned can boost your fuel-economy anywhere from 4 to 40 percent.

‘’We have not passed a point of no return. We can still Drive less: Use public transit and bike, walk or carpool roll things back in time –but it is going to require a whenever you can. quick turn in direction.’’ – Dr. James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Audit your home’s energy use: An audit can tell you how to get the most bang for your buck when considering ways “We know enough to act now. We must act now.” to make your home more energy efficient. Ask your utility – James Rogers, Chairman of Duke Energy. to do this for you free of charge or purchase a T.E.D. (“The Energy Detective” has models available from $45 to $210 at “The largest source of domestic U.S. energy is what we www.TheEnergyDetective.com and was developed by Mt. waste.” – Doug Foy, former head of the Conservation Pleasant businessman Dolph Rodenberg.) A T.E.D. is one of Law Foundation and founder of Serrafix, an energy a number of devices on the market that allow homeowners to measure their energy use in real time. consulting firm. “The market should be an agent of change, not Upgrade your home: More energy goes towards heating and cooling your home than anything else. Simple adjustments an agent of death. We must make conservation to your thermostat can go a long way towards reducing a consequence of production.” – Wes Jackson, your footprint. Programmable thermostats can do this for President of the Land Institute. you automatically. Controlling the amount of light that enters your home during winter and summer can also make “We will strive to meet or exceed Kyoto Protocol a big difference. Simply planting a tree in the right spot targets for reducing global warming pollution by taking can alter your home’s energy needs. At a low cost, you can actions in our own operations and communities . . .” improve the insulation in your home by sealing cracks around – Mayor Joe Riley, Charleston S.C. windows and doors, or adding insulation to your attic or walls. Choosing efficient doors and windows and especially “Climate Change compels us to build a more localized, high efficiency heating and cooling equipment can really more durable, kinder society.” – Bill McKibben, author make a dent in your home energy use. of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and Writer-in-Residence at Middlebury College. Check out www.GlobalWarmingGuy.com for more "Things You Can Do."

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Coal Is Not The Answer ...Efficiency Is! Gretta Kruesi Gretta Brian Barrie Brian

Demonstrating Against Coal at the Barrie Brian Presidential Debates – South Carolinians young and old demonstrate their concern about global warming and their opposition to Santee Cooper’s proposed coal fired power plant at the Republican and Democratic presidential debates in Myrtle Beach.

Eight Attorneys General emissions. The letter from the Attorneys cost to build and operate the plant. Oppose Santee Cooper Plant General appropriately raises Santee The effects of one pollutant (CO2 Cooper’s ill conceived proposal from a emissions) alone could seriously impact As our readers know, Santee Cooper, state issue to a national one. the pocketbooks of South Carolinians the state public service authority, in years to come. Proposed federal is proposing to build a $1billion Examining Need, Cost and regulation of greenhouse gas emissions pulverized coal plant on the Great Pee Alternatives like CO2 could increase the annual Dee River north of Johnsonville. The cost of the proposed plant by tens Coastal Conservation League opposes In addition to the dangers of to hundreds of millions of dollars this 1320-megawatt power plant, which proceeding with this plant, Santee annually. This bill would be passed on will cost South Carolina dearly in terms Cooper has failed to demonstrate to Santee Cooper’s customers in the of pollution, health, energy efficiency the need for new coal generation in form of higher rates. and cleanup. South Carolina. The Santee Cooper Santee Cooper has failed to take a Attorneys General from California, publication “Power Points” justifies serious look at energy alternatives that New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, this huge facility by citing the Grand could power the state’s growth and Vermont, Delaware, Rhode Island Strand’s growing population, while the at the same time avoid the negative and the District of Columbia have air permit application submitted by consequences of global warming and also weighed in on the merits of the Santee Cooper’s consultant states that mercury poisoning of our rivers. First proposed plant with a letter calling on the power produced by the facility will among these alternatives is improved the state Department of Health and be sold to the grid and not directly to energy efficiency. Efficiency is the Environmental Control (DHEC) to the customers it purports to serve. fastest, cheapest, and cleanest form of deny a required air permit, stating that Santee Cooper has also neglected energy. It also creates more employment the 8.7 million tons of carbon dioxide to communicate the true costs of this than any other form of energy supply. (CO2) that the plant would emit plant. The steep environmental and Second is renewable energy – that is, annually negates the efforts of their health costs have been ignored, yet generating power from grasses and other own states in reducing greenhouse gas could be as high as three times the plants, as well as from wind, sun, and

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water. Evidence suggests that together, equaled the pro plant proponents. We efficiency and renewables could meet spoke passionately about the impact the nearly all of South Carolina’s growing proposed plant’s air emissions would

electricity needs. have on our health, our communities Kruesi Gretta In fact, the state’s electric and our environment. cooperatives recently conducted a study On January 29th, the Army Corps of forecasting that they could save 20% of Engineers held a stakeholders meeting the energy they use through efficiency as part of the Environmental Impact over the next ten years. In addition, they Statement (EIS) process for Santee showed that the state could generate 5% Cooper’s water quality permit. North of its power from emerging renewable Coast Director Nancy Cave represented sources within a decade. All of this the Conservation League. The Corps’ could be achieved at a cost equal to or consultants laid out the purpose and Coal is the Culprit –The very existence less than the price of a new coal plant. need: “to provide a reliable and cost of the polar bear depends on reducing our effective means to satisfy the projected dependence on coal fired power plants, which Permitting Update demand” and the reasonable alternatives emit vast quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) to meet the purpose. Santee Cooper must obtain a number – a primary cause of global warming. The study will analyze alternatives to of federal and state permits before it can the coal plant, including other energy move forward with its plans for a new advisories along South Carolina’s sources as well as energy conservation coal plant in the Pee Dee. mercury impaired coastal rivers. and efficiency measures. In addition, In October 2007, DHEC issued DHEC responded in a letter to the the League and other stakeholders a draft air permit for the proposed doctors saying that testing for mercury pressed for efficiency to be studied as an plant. The permit comment period in humans would take further study. alternative on its own, arguing it meets ended on January 22nd of this year The doctors have now asked the DHEC the purpose and need of being a reliable and DHEC received more than 700 board chairman for a meeting to discuss and cost effective “no-build alternative.” comments. Among those was a 138- their concerns. The League plans to meet with the page letter drafted by the Southern The Conservation League has also Corps to provide them with supporting Environmental Law Center on behalf of assisted in the formation of the South documents and research on efficiency. the Conservation League and six other Carolina Clean Energy Coalition, organizations, laying out the technical made up of 18 partners, including such Power to the People argument for DHEC’s failure to meet diverse groups as the Conservation Best Available Control Technology Meanwhile, the Conservation League Voters of S.C., the Pee Dee Indian (BACT) standards for permitting the has been working with a group of Nation, the East Carolina Community plant. Florence doctors and citizens to bring Development Corporation and the In November, DHEC held a public pressure on DHEC to begin testing Kitchen Table Climate Study Group. hearing in Pamplico, S.C. on the people for mercury poisoning. This Working with our partners, we have air permit. Santee Cooper bused in effort was initiated after the Charleston been able to raise awareness of the employees and packed the house with Post and Courier published a three-part proposed coal plant and its impacts, as people from their largest customers series last October on the danger of well as promote efficiency – the cleanest – Nucor, Alcoa, and the electric mercury in our rivers and the impacts and cheapest way to decrease energy cooperatives. DHEC gave preference to to human health. Doctors called on demand. Santee Cooper’s speakers but, by the end DHEC to begin immediate testing of of the evening, our grassroots opponents people who so desire and to post mercury

Site of Santee Cooper’s proposed coal plant near c o a s t a l c o ns e r v a t i o n l e a g u e Johnsonville, along the banks of the Great Pee Dee River. Dana Beach Dana Transportation A New Way to Work! Extending Interstate 526 onto Johns Island will mean more of the same: congestion and environmental degradation. It’s time for a more efficient, healthier vision of our region’s future Brian Barrie Brian

Choke Points – Traffic congestion is a problem, no doubt about it. But extending I-526 across Johns Island simply moves congestion around rather than providing long-term solutions, according to data and maps from the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (COG). In fact, the COG maps show that Savannah Highway and Folly Road will still have failing levels of service with the I-526 extension completed.

he Coastal Conservation League has opposed the construction of the I-526 extension since 1995 because of the threat it poses to rural Johns Island and the lack of transportation benefits it T provides. Instead of wasting more than $420 million dollars on extending an interstate highway, we can direct our resources toward specific local traffic-relieving projects and get much more in return. Through community advocacy and our new grassroots campaign, “A New Way to Work,” the Coastal Conservation League is collaborating with business owners, neighborhood associations and individuals to raise awareness of the opportunities that proposed alternatives to I-526 will create for Charleston, and to communicate support for these alternatives to our elected officials.

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Savannah Highway Redesigned Glatting Jackson Glatting

What if 56% of Traffic Went Away? Based on figures from the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (COG), only 44% of traffic traveling on Savannah Highway is commuting through the area. The remaining 56% of traffic on Savannah Highway are trips that begin or end on the road. Accordingly, if you provide a means for people to reach a location along the highway through other avenues by connecting parallel surface streets, there is the potential to remove 56% of the traffic from Savannah Highway.

WHAT YOU CAN DO: Check out the new Web site

Glatting Jackson Glatting www.NewWaytoWork.com, where you can review Glatting Jackson’s designs. The many diagrams featured on the Web site show how addressing local traffic problems with specificity and creativity can bring enormous new opportunity to a community. The Web site also provides information for contacting League staff to come speak at a meeting, and for writing or emailing your elected officials. For more information, contact League Project Managers Lisa Jones-Turansky or Alex Dadok Boulevard versus Highway – Here is a vision for Savannah Highway at 843-723-8035 (ext. 1025), or at [email protected] that takes a congested and unattractive road and transforms it into a functional and [email protected]. and attractive boulevard. Created by Glatting Jackson, the new design includes pedestrian paths, crosswalks, tree-lined corridors and a bike lane.

The Concerned Citizens of the Sea Islands and the reveal a community west of the Ashley River that is free of traffic Conservation League hired transportation experts Glatting bottlenecks; contains roadways designed for cars and people, Jackson to create alternative transportation solutions that and provides street choices for the quickest route to and from provide less costly and better solutions to congested areas. This work and for daily errands. By removing over half of the car approach to solving traffic congestion will allow the Charleston trips on our most congested roads, these solutions solve traffic region to maintain its rural and natural beauty and to use the congestion more effectively, impact far fewer wetlands, and cost savings to fix other roads in the area and stimulate the local much less than the extension of I-526. Why waste our money economy. on I-526 when we could put it to better use solving specific The alternative solutions that Glatting Jackson produced traffic problems and revitalizing Charleston west of the Ashley?

c o a s t a l c o ns e r v a t i o n l e a g u e Planning for the Future Patrick Moore flight: courtesy of Southwings Jasper County What Lies Ahead?

Unparalleled Growth Jasper County is facing enormous change in the very near future. The current population, just under 29,000, is expected to increase six-fold to 178,000 within the next ten years. Largely rural, Jasper County will see more than 60,000 new households built over the next 20 years – a more than seven-fold increase over the 8,000 homes existing now.

After approving an enormous slate Oxbow Lake on the Savannah River– Dredging a 48-foot channel all the way of new development projects, Jasper to the Port of Savannah would risk the health of the beautiful Savannah River. imposed a building moratorium in The Georgia Ports Authority is reduce the length and scope needed for September 2006 to allow time for proposing to deepen the river’s channel the deepening project and help protect passage of a new Land Use Map to accommodate larger vessels coming drinking water supplies as well as the and Zoning Ordinance. These were through the Panama Canal. The national wildlife refuge. approved in October 2007 and, deepening may violate the Clean Water The Draft Environmental Impact with the moratorium now lifted, Act and will likely compromise the Statement (EIS) for the Savannah the building will begin. It is crucial Upper Floridan aquifer, a vital source of Harbor deepening is due out this that the development be held to the drinking water for millions of people in fall, at which point public review and standards set forth in the County’s and South Carolina and Georgia. As a result comment will begin. It is critical Municipalities’ Comprehensive Plans, of the proposed dredging, saltwater that any analysis of the impacts to the which address protection of crucial intrusion will extend into the National Savannah River consider the Jasper natural resources. Wildlife Refuge, impacting 29,000 acres Port project. The Conservation League If you live in Jasper County, please of diverse freshwater wetlands. will post updates when the Draft EIS is get involved. There has never been a released. more significant time to participate in Meanwhile, the governors of Georgia how your county will grow. A New Port for South and South Carolina are working on a bi-state compact that would result in Savannah Harbor Carolina and Georgia collaborative ownership and private administration of the Jasper Port. In The scope of the Savannah Harbor Deepening fact, a Jasper Port intergovernmental deepening should be greatly reduced in agreement has been reached between light of the proposed construction of a Along Jasper’s western border is the Georgia and South Carolina Ports Jasper Port, which is becoming a reality. the beautiful Savannah River, home Authorities and a joint (bi-state) project For more than 20 years, Jasper County of the Savannah River National office has been formed to oversee has advocated for development of this Wildlife Refuge. This natural asset development of the port. Details of the new port, to be located downriver is being threatened by proposals that bi-state compact will be released from from the existing Savannah Port. The will permanently alter the quality and the two governors’ offices shortly. integrity of the river. establishment of a Jasper Port would

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Patrick Moore flight: courtesy of Southwings Good for the Economy – Good for the Environment

Limiting the deepening of the Savannah River to the Jasper Port site makes economic and environmental sense for several reasons. First of all, the Jasper Port is a bi-state undertaking that will provide revenue to Georgia. It will also be located close to Savannah so that area residents can take advantage of the jobs created by a new port. The Jasper The Port of Savannah. Port will be an economic boon for the City of Savannah, Chatham County, Savannah facilities, as opposed to having deepening is allowed, the vibrant, and Jasper County. It is a win-win competing facilities close to each other. diverse ecology of freshwater wetlands situation for all involved and has the Third, if dredging proceeds as and wildlife that is the Savannah added benefit of preventing the needless proposed, saltwater intrusion will National Wildlife Refuge will slowly degradation of the Savannah River, the likely affect the drinking water supply change to a saltwater-dominant Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, and of millions of people far beyond monotype that supports far fewer the Floridan Aquifer. the boundaries of the project. The species. The proposed deepening will Second, very few ships require a draft freshwater Floridan Aquifer that will be also jeopardize the federally endangered of 48 feet. Most of the global shipping compromised runs from South Carolina short nose sturgeon. fleet will be able to use the Savannah to Florida. As saltwater creeps in and Furthermore, it is unclear whether the port facilities long into the future. droughts intensify and become more use of “oxygen injectors” as a mitigation Deepening only to Jasper facilities frequent, the cost of finding alternate tool to offset water quality impacts meets actually allows each port to serve a sources of drinking water will be the requirements of the Clean Water Act. different market need, which will result considerable. For these reasons, full deepening creates in increased economic protection of the Finally, if the proposed scope of the the possibility of litigation that could hold up the entire project for years. The Conservation League is currently working with the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Georgia Conservancy to secure a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ analysis of the Jasper Port as a real alternative to the current deepening plans. This spring, we anticipate the public release of the Economic Analysis for the deepening, which we intend to scrutinize in depth.

For more information on these and other issues regarding Jasper County, contact League South Coast Director Patrick Moore or Project Manager Andrea Malloy at 843-522-1800, or at their respective Jasper Port Makes Sense – By deepening the Savannah River only to the Jasper Port email addresses, [email protected] and site, the Savannah and Jasper ports will be able to serve the global shipping fleet long into the future, [email protected]. and will prevent degradation of the Upper Floridan Aquifer and the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge from saltwater intrusion.

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Save South Carolina's Special Places

ver the last three-and-a-half years, the South Carolina Conservation Bank has committed $77,159,712 to purchase S.C. Conservation Bank conservation interests in 132,110 acres O of significant natural and historic lands. These lands have an appraised fair market value of $502,475,059, or more than half-a-billion dollars, representing a 6.5 to 1 ratio on investment return. Upcoming grant applications include the 2200-acre Nine Times tract in Pickens County and the historic Morris Island Lighthouse in Charleston. However, the rapid rate of development in South Carolina (nearly 200 acres per day) far exceeds the amount of land conserved, just as the number of grant requests to the Conservation Bank far exceeds the funds available. That is why we are asking members of the General Assembly to provide an additional $20 million this year so the bank does not miss out on a crucial opportunity to protect these special places. Treasured Lands – Conservation Fee Whether through conservation Easements Purchases easement or outright purchase, the S.C. Conservation Bank has preserved historic and significant lands all across South Carolina.

Energizing the Future Get Inventive! People who develop ways to save oil Senate leaders have and other carbon fuels could get grants taken a big step from the S.C. Energy Office under a toward acknowledging proposal by Rep. Heyward Hutson (R- the critical role Dorchester) before a House committee. Rep. Hutson’s proposal was inspired energy efficiency by a Summerville company, which and conservation contends it has developed a device that will play in meeting can save industries money by reducing South Carolina’s fuel consumption. The device injects ©iStockPhoto.com/Jim Pruitt future energy needs. water into certain types of oil used in manufacturing, which Please turn to our makes the oil last longer and burn cleaner, according to ENRJ Inc. “Up Front” feature on The bill that Rep. Hutson plans to introduce would page 3 for the latest provide annual funding of at least $250,000 for an invention information on some grant program. Money would be available to inventors to exciting initiatives in encourage development of energy saving devices. It would the General Assembly. be available only to in-state businesses and residents. ©iStockPhoto.com/Lawrence Sawyer ©iStockPhoto.com/Lawrence

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Lobby Teams in Action

Some 30 Conservation League members ascended the steps of the State House in January to talk face-to-face with their legislators about the conservation issues most Parker Debbie important to them. Among the “citizen lobbyists” were graduate students from Dr. Angela Halfacre’s College of Charleston environmental policy program. Dr. Halfacre is a board member of the Conservation League. Fifth Annual Conservation Lobby Day

– Tuesday, April 29th Parker Debbie

Help the movement and be part of the fun! Join hundreds of fellow conservationists to advocate for our shared legislative agenda at the Fifth Annual Conservation Lobby Day in Columbia on Tuesday, April 29th. At the end of the day, reward yourself by attending the evening oyster roast and reception. For more information, contact League Legislative Liaison Heather Spires at 803-771-7102 or [email protected].

Lobby Teams Go To Work – TOP: (center) Rep. Laurie Funderburk (D-Kershaw) talks with League board member Libby Smith and Charles Sneed about her net metering bill, H.3395. BOTTOM: Elizabeth Hagood speaking to the media in the State House lobby.

Conserving Communities . . . Member Organizations of the 2008 Common Agenda Coalition:

Naturally 2008 Aiken County Open Land Trust Responsible Economic Development American Rivers SC Ducks Unlimited wenty-five different conservation organizations from Audubon SC, Southeast Region SC Environmental Law Project across South Carolina have joined together this legislative Beaufort County Open Land Trust SC Native Plant Society session to support a Conservation Common Agenda for Citizens for Community Protection Sierra Club, SC Chapter 2008. State conservation leaders met last fall to approve ©iStockPhoto.com/Jim Pruitt Coastal Conservation League SC Council of Trout Unlimited T an agenda of conservation priorities to bring before this Community Open Land Trust SC Wildlife Federation year’s General Assembly. They are as follows: Conservation Voters of SC Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Education Fund Southern Environmental Law Center Energy Independence and Efficiency – Encourage energy conservation. Edisto Island Open Land Trust Upstate Forever Conservation Bank – Commit to incremental funding. Friends of the Edisto Wildlife Action Taxpayer Protection – Reform municipal annexation laws. Friends of the Reedy River Winyah Rivers Foundation Reliable Water – Protect South Carolina’s surface water. Friends of the Rivers Clean Water – Inform citizens about polluted water. League of Women Voters of SC Community Rights – Maintain the 2003 compromise on regulatory takings. For more information Uphold the Atlantic Compact – End South Carolina’s role as the nation’s about the S.C. Conservation nuclear dumping ground. Common Agenda, go to www.ConservationVotersofSC.org. c o a s t a l c o ns e r v a t i o n l e a g u e Members' Corner

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Penny and Bill Agnew in Antarctica

hen Penny and Bill Agnew arrived on Spring Island in 1993, its bridge was only one-year-old and the closest source of construction materials was Savannah. W While a nearby Home Depot now makes construction in the area a little more convenient, many of the attributes that first drew the Agnews to this Lowcountry island retreat endure, largely due to the vigilant stewardship of Penny and Bill and their like- League supporters Alex and Caroline minded neighbors. McMillan enjoy the fun. In fact, their vigilance has extended far beyond Spring Island, deep into Beaufort County and the nitty gritty of water quality permits, zoning regulations, comprehensive land use planning, and even strategies to save South Carolina’s most colorful songbird, the painted bunting. But Penny and Bill never intended to stay. They never intended to make Spring Island and the Lowcountry home. They never dreamed, as Bill says,

“that such a special part of the world would become such Lynn Tish a significant part of our lives.” First, a little background. Bill grew up in St. Louis and was the first of three Agnew boys to go to Princeton, where he lettered in three sports and was an economics major. After college, he earned an MBA from Harvard, initially going into banking and then becoming a senior financial officer with Rockwell Manufacturing Company and later the H. J. Heinz Company. Ultimately, Bill served as a corporate director of six companies, most of which had worldwide interests. Penny grew up in Boston, attended Briarcliff College, Climate Change Conference in Charleston – (l-r) Author Bill worked at Harvard Law School, and then got a job with McKibben, former League Board Chair Charlotte Caldwell, Land Institute a management consulting firm in San Francisco. While President Wes Jackson, and League Director Dana Beach gather for a Global in Aspen, Colorado on a ski trip, she met Bill at the Climate Change Conference sponsored by The Center for Humans and Nature.

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top of Ruthie’s Run, 11,000 feet above sea level. They eventually married and raised their two daughters and Conservation League one son in Pittsburgh. It was Penny’s sister who first encouraged them to visit the Lowcountry. She and her husband were living Rocks at Music Farm in Atlanta and were well aware of the area’s charms. Penny and Bill were immediately hooked and bought property on Spring Island before the year was out. The Celebration! sister and brother-in-law followed a year later. Their interest in the natural world “crept up Minimum Wage Band and League on them” over the years, especially during a trip to Director Dana Beach perform Zimbabwe and South Africa in the 1980s. “That’s "Global Warming Guy." where our interest in birds really took off,” relates Penny. “We immediately learned the big game animals, which were spectacular,” explains Bill. “But we were soon drawn to the birds and found them equally, if not more, spectacular, particularly in terms of species diversity.” Upon arrival on Spring Island, the Agnews began going on field trips every week, learning the flora and fauna. “We followed Dr. Chris Marsh [the island’s full- time biologist] everywhere,” remembers Penny. “No two trips were ever the same.” The Agnews soon joined with their Spring Island neighbors to become active supporters of the island’s Tom Blagden and League Board nonprofit Lowcountry Institute, a leading scientific and Chair Laura Gates at “The Farm” educational organization serving both Spring Island in Charleston. and Beaufort County. They were particularly excited (l-r)Merrick Teichman, Steve Dopp and by the scientific studies and data collected by Dr. Lisa Jones celebrate League successes. Marsh, Executive Director of the Institute, and his staff – including GPS mapping data, water quality studies, and fox squirrel and painted bunting surveys. Kayaking on As they became more involved with Beaufort County growth issues, they and their neighbors extended Shem Creek – their support to the Coastal Conservation League, Carly Sothoron of the recognizing the value of partnership in protecting the College of Charleston region’s natural resources. League Student Chapter The Institute and the Conservation League share gives a "thumbs-up" on data and resources that inform the community at large a kayak outing led by and provide a more factual and objective basis for Will Smith and Coastal decision making on the part of political and regulatory Expeditions. leaders. “Beaufort County has thousands of proposed development units on the drawing board and due to poor planning, we are already $1 billion in the hole regarding infrastructure,” states Bill. “We must establish precedents through sound laws and enforcement that will preserve our rural environment. Otherwise it will become harder and harder to maintain the health of our estuaries and community.” Nikki Seibert Nikki

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17 In House

New Director of Finance Elizabeth Hagood Awarded Order of the Palmetto Ashley Waters has been named Director of Finance at the Coastal Former League Director of Conservation Programs, Conservation League and brings a wealth Elizabeth Hagood, was awarded South Carolina’s highest of expertise in the field of accounting. civilian honor last month – the prestigious Order of the Prior to joining the Conservation Palmetto. Governor Mark Sanford conferred the honor on League, Ashley worked for Ernst & Elizabeth for her dedication to preserving the state’s natural Young and Dixon Hughes as an auditor, resources and quality of life. Elizabeth served as chairwoman of and worked for the Liberty Corporation the Department of Health and Environmental Control’s board as Accounting Manager. Ashley grew up (a state cabinet position) and was the first executive director of in Anderson, S.C. and graduated from the Lowcountry Open Land Trust. She has also served on the the College of Charleston and Clemson University, earning governor’s Quality of Life Task Force, Charleston’s Green City bachelor degrees in Art Management and Accounting, and a Committee and various other boards. Masters of Professional Accountancy. Ashley’s husband, John Waters, attends dental school at the Medical University of S.C. Together, they enjoy art, making music, cooking, jogging and the outdoors. Says

Ashley, “It is so nice to work hard at something you really Cregg Nancy care about; for a cause that is really making a difference.”

Cathy Forrester Named Director of Administration We are pleased to welcome Cathy Forrester back into the Conservation League fold! Cathy served as Director of Development from 1998 through 2006, and for the last two years has worked on her publishing and entertaining venture – At Home Charleston – and as a development and Brookings Institution Opportunity '08 Conference in fundraising consultant. Charleston – (l-r) Silver Lake Capital CEO Glenn Hutchins, In her new position as Director of Administration, Cathy Brookings Director of Metropolitan Policy Bruce Katz, Director of the will support and provide oversight to the Administrative, John L. Thornton China Center Jeff Bader, and Conservation League Financial and Development departments of the Conservation Director Dana Beach participate in a forum entitled, “Competitiveness: League, managing the internal growth of the organization From Charleston to China.” and ensuring its smooth operation. Cathy will also direct the League’s Sustainable Agriculture Program. Publications and New Project Manager Acknowledgments After completing ten months of field League Program Director Nancy Vinson has authored research in Peru as a Fulbright Scholar, an article entitled, “Evolution of Regulations for Bridges to Alex Dadok has joined the Conservation Marsh Islands in South Carolina” that was published in the League as a Project Manager working in Southeastern Environmental Law Journal last fall. the Land Use Program. Alex grew up in Nancy was also named a “Lowcountry Eco-Hero” by Durham, N.C. and graduated from Yale Charleston Magazine in their “Charleston Green” issue published University, earning a degree in Ethics, in October. Former League Land Use staffer and grassroots Politics, and Economics. activist Michelle Sinkler was also named an “Eco-Hero.” While at Yale, Alex founded a mentoring and tutoring In November, League Executive Director Dana Beach was program for elementary students in New Haven, was president among a group of noted Charlestonians selected by Charleston of his residential college, and served as vice-president of Magazine as Charleston’s “100 Most Influential” people since outreach for the Yale Partnership for International Service. He 1670. also captained both his intramural soccer and ice hockey teams. Dana was also invited to participate in the Brookings Alex is fluent in Spanish and enjoys hiking, canoeing, fishing Institution’s “Opportunity ’08” conference held in Charleston and the company of good people. this winter.

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Satterfield Mr. and Mrs. Phil Dustan Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. John Baumeister III Ms. Judith L. Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Easson Tommie F. Moody Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Benner Mr. Robert Schmeelcke Dr. Linda C. Edwards Mr. Burton E. Moore III Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bettelli Ms. Tricia A. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. David J. Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Wesley L. Moore III Billie J. Black Mrs. Phyllis F. Shaffer Mr. David Farren and Ms. Darcy Berger Ms. Anita Moran William and Marilyn Blizard Mr. and Mrs. Norm C. Sharp

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22 Thank You!

"Vanishing Landscapes" Art Show Coming to Piccolo Spoleto HONOR/MEMORIALS In Memory of Mr. Alexander Moore Deadline for Submissions is April 24th! Mrs. Alexander Moore In Memory of In conjunction with Piccolo Spoleto, the Coastal Conservation League is sponsoring a Mr. Edmund Apperson In Memory of Dr. and Mrs. James C. Reynolds Mr. William M. Moredock Conservation Art Show at the City Gallery on Waterfront Park in Charleston during the Mrs. William Moredock annual Spoleto Festival USA taking place May 23rd – June 8th. Please contact League In Honor of Mr. Bruce Babb Mr. Dennis Herendeen In Honor of staffer and artist Angela Chvarak at 843-725-2060 or [email protected] for artist Thomas Morrison submission information and other details regarding the show. All media of artwork In Memory of Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Geer Mr. Arthur Elliott Barrow – including painting, sculpture and photography – will be considered. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Elliott, Jr. In Honor of Mrs. Moultrie Lee Dr. and Mrs. Don Olofsson Dr. James Thesing Dr. Kathryn M. Sharpe Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wood Dr. and Mrs. James B. Key In Honor of Uncle Bart Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Skidmore Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Wyndham Mrs. Mary W. Koob Mr. Joseph Sandman In Memory of Mr. Roy Pearce Ms. Betty M. Smith Ms. Carol A. Krebs Elizabeth B. Glazebrook Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Somers STUDENT ($15 - $29) Mrs. J.C. McAlpine In Honor of Ms. Faye B. Steuer Ms. Peggy L. Andretz Mr. Neal McLaughlin Virginia and Dana Beach In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. C. D. Smith III Jim, Stephanie and Phyllis Barrett Mr. and Mrs. George Stilwell Mrs. Marian Balcum Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Morrow Ms. Melissa A. Barrett Mr. Justin Eugene Stokes Bernie Buckley Mr. Michael J. Mrlik In Memory of Mr. Donald M. Taylor Mr. Dale D. Burke Ms. Roberta Murchison In Honor of Dr. Eric Thomas Ms. Alessandra Castillo Mr. Miles G. Murdaugh III Mr. Charles E. Boineau Elizabeth B. Glazebrook Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pinderski Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Tracy Ms. Judith Chamberlin Claire M. Palmer Ms. Ann Steyert Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trussler Ms. Kelcee Connor Christine Pekatos In Honor of Nan, Dessie and Brad Mr. John R. Ungaro, III Mr. Thomas W. Cornwell Ms. Margaret A. Phillips Ms. Jennifer Swift In Memory of Ms. Virginia E. Wagner Ms. Kim Counts Mr. Andrew J. Ray Mr. Vardry D. Ramseur III Ms. Susan E. Waites Dr. Norman J. Cowen Kaley Ruebush In Honor of Dr. Eloise A. Bradham Dr. and Mrs. James C. Reynolds Dr. Bruce Waldman Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Crutchfield J. Peyre and Clare Scurry Dr. Eloise Bradham and Mr. E. Weismantel Loren Danese Ms. Sara Lee Simons Dr. Mark George In Honor of Sam Rubinoff Mr. Jan J. Welborn Victor Dupuis Ms. Karen B. Spencer D.V.M. Harriet and Linda Ripinskiy Mr. and Mrs. Philip Whitley Mr. and Mrs. James W. Dykes Stacy Stefan In Memory of Mrs. Edwin H. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Wilch Ms. Rebecca M. Floor Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Tausche Elizabeth B. Glazebrook In Honor of Mr. David Wishart and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. George Galos Mr. Taylor Thomas Mr. Robert P. Schofield III Josephine Wilson Ms. Leona B. Hall Ms. Jennie Williamson In Memory of Mr. Robert Cooper Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. DeCaro Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hughey Elizabeth B. Glazebrook In Memory of Faye A. Shortridge In Memory of Sea Biscuit Café IN KIND DONATIONS MATCHING GIFTS The Honorable J. Bratton Davis Mr. and Mrs. Alva W. Whitehead, Sr. ExxonMobil Foundation Elizabeth B. Glazebrook In Honor of Billy Smith Grainger McCoy Ms. Angela Smith COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS The Freddie Mac Foundation In Memory of Mr. Joseph D. Dennie Mr. and Mrs. Langdon D. Long In Memory of Central Carolina Community Foundation Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Mr. Joseph M. Snyder Dr. and Mrs. Richard M. Lawson The Barker Welfare Foundation Sea Biscuit Café Mr. and Mrs. George E. Simmons In Honor of the Porter-Gaud School GIFT MEMBERSHIP English Department Mrs. Maureen Daily In Honor of Mr. Wade Spees Coastal Community Foundation Heide Anderson Dr. Lynn B. Spees Amanda’s Fund for Bill Sawtell In Celebration of the Anonymous Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Beattie Birth of Luca Desrosiers In Memory Mr. Michael F. Storen William M. Bird & Co. Endowment for Mr. Nicholas Beattie Dr. and Mrs. Greg A. VanDerwerker Ms. Amanda Griffith The Colbert Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Bowling Lucie N. Maguire Houghton Fund for David Dunlap; Bret Johnson; Father Terence In Honor of Mr. Charlie Geer Dr. and Mrs. James C. Reynolds The Ketner Fund Fleming; David Lewis; Matt Severance; Allen Carroll; Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Geer Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Yonce Harriet and Herbert Keyserling Endowment Pennie Peralta; Lisa Irvin; Mike Taylor; Ellen Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Geer Elizabeth C. Rivers Lewine Endowment Doug Harrison, and Steve Shapiro In Memory of Joseph H. & Evelyn M. McGee Fund Jean Bowman In Memory of Mr. A. Mason Gibbes Mrs. Betsy Sweatman The Millbrook Fund for Sue Ansari Elizabeth B. Glazebrook Dr. and Mrs. James C. Reynolds Joanne and Alan Moses Fund Charleston Estate Planning Council Joan Coulter Pittman Fund for Mr. Joseph B. Mullin, Jr. In Memory of Mr. Joseph Gibbes In Memory of Mr. Ellison Walker I. Mayo and Posey Myers Read Fund Mr. Samuel Clarke, Jr. Elizabeth B. Glazebrook Elizabeth B. Glazebrook for Ms. Jane Stirling and Mr. Brandon Clarke Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Inc. Kay Durst In Honor of Mrs. Robert Hall In Memory of Mr. Robert C. Walker Martha C. Worthy Charitable Fund for Brad Rose Ms. Laura Hall Elizabeth B. Glazebrook Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ethridge The Community Foundation of Western North for Emily Ethridge and Mark Ethridge In Honor of Mr. Roland T. Harper, Jr. In Memory of Carolina Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Lacey III Mrs. Frances W. McSween Mrs. Harriet D. Waller Alexander and Laurinda Schenck Fund for Eliza Lacey and Amelia Lacey Mr. and Mrs. Dent Bostick Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mark In Memory of Ms. Sarah H. Hinnant Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Clement, Jr. Foundation for the Carolinas for Gillian Mark Elizabeth B. Glazebrook Ms. Patricia C. Devoto Carla and Alex Marsh III Foundation Fund Dr. Leslie H. Pelzer Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Girardeau for Thad and Susan Chesson; Doug and Laura Haynes; In Memory of Mr. Richard Lovelace Mr. Douglas Henry The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Sherwood and Dolly Chesson, and S. Wentz Chesson Elizabeth B. Glazebrook Mr. Robert Metcalf Alexander and Jacqueline G. Moore Memorial Fund Ms. Cynthia Powell Ms. Wendy Porter for Dr. Robert E. Swanson In Memory of Marion M. Maybank Mr. and Mrs. Van Montague Mr. Rondall Woods Middletown Community Foundation Mr. Ted Skinner Mrs. Lavinia M. Grimball Peggy Wymond Verity Fund for Emily Skinner In Memory of In Honor of John Warren Ms. Katina Strauch Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Geer The New York Community Trust for Ileana Strauch Mr. John L. McCormick Ms. Wanda A. Butler The Bohemia Fund Mr. Dan Wojoski In Honor of Jordan Wilkinson The Feldman Family Fund for Mr. Paul Wojoski Dr. and Mrs. James H. Gault Cynthia C. Hermes Thu Van Hendrey Dr. Eloise Bradham and Dr. Mark George Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Williams The Pittsburgh Foundation for Eloise Bradham; Barbara and John Barton, In Memory of F.E. Agnew Family Fund and Jane and Wendell Holmes In Memory of Mrs. I. Jenkins Mikell Mr. Andrew D. Woodward Dr. Lynn B. Spees Dr. and Mrs. James C. Reynolds Elizabeth B. Glazebrook for Mr. Wade Spees

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23 Tee Time!

It’s In the Bag! Cartter Lupton, Joe Gilchrist and Peter Kellogg are generously hosting a round of golf at the Yeamans Hall Club to benefit the Conservation League.

What: “In League with Conservation” Golf Tournament 18 Teams of Four Pre-Round Pro Tips and Luncheon, Cocktails and Dinner on the Terrace Elegant Tee Gifts and Special Prizes When: Thursday, May 8th Where: Yeamans Hall Club How: Team Entry: $5,000 Sculptures by Van Marshall Individual Entry: $1,250 Van’s wood sculptures will be displayed for sale during To reserve your spot on a team or create a winning team the Yeamans Hall Golf Tournament, with a portion of of four, please contact Alison Geer at [email protected] or the proceeds going to benefit the Conservation League. call: 843-725-2066. Van Marshall is an artist and wood sculptor, who carves Cover Artist the birds and wildlife of the Lowcountry. A native of Professional nature photographer Tom Blagden is the author of seven books of photography, including five on South Carolina. His images have Columbia, S.C. and a resident of the Lowcountry for appeared on the cover of Smithsonian and in Outdoor Photographer, as well more than 20 years, Van studied with renowned carver as in numerous other magazines, calendars and publications. His work is Grainger McKoy and his work has been exhibited at the currently represented by the Martin Gallery of Charleston and the image Gibbes Museum of Art and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson featured on the cover of this newsletter is part of a forthcoming book Art Museum in Wisconsin. project celebrating the natural beauty of Spring Island, S.C.

The mission of the Coastal Conservation League is to protect the natural environment of the South Carolina coastal plain and to enhance the quality of life of our communities by working with individuals, businesses and government to ensure balanced solutions.

Mark Your Calendar For more information about the Coastal Conservation League, check out our Web site Sunday, April 13 at www.CoastalConservationLeague.org Spend the day on Bulls Island with author Dorothea Benton Frank

Tuesday, April 15 Green Building Tour and Happy Hour – North Charleston Half Moon Outfitters LEED Platinum Building

Saturday, April 19 ASYA Organics and Heritage Farming – Sumter County

Tuesday, April 29 Fifth Annual Conservation Lobby Day and Oyster Roast – Columbia

Sunday, May 18 Broad River Blueway – Kayak Columbia 29402-1765 S.C. 1765 Charleston, Box P.O.