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Joy began volunteering with Charleston Waterkeeper in January of 2015. Joy has become a real asset to our organization by getting involved with as many volunteer opportunities as she can get her hands on.  She trained as a Field Investigator for our water quality monitoring program and has provided expertise... Read More

2015 191 Bay Scout Raffle Hosted by Charleston Waterkeeper Enter to win the Waterkeeper’s boat! Your raffle ticket purchase enters you for a chance to win a 2015 191 Bay Scout AND helps provide Charleston Waterkeeper with the means to protect your right to clean water. One hundred precent of... Read More

Diane Gould has volunteered with Charleston Waterkeeper for many years, we are very excited to finally feature her in a Saloon Session! Diane is a biologist by training, but she’s also a life-long learner with an insatiable hunger for knowledge. Her most recent volunteer effort was compilation of research for the Fact Sheets featured on... Read More

Gadsden Creek is one of the Charleston peninsula’s last remaining tidal creek systems. Throughout history the creek and its marsh covered much of the Westside between Spring Street to the South, the Citadel campus to the North, and President Street to the East. During the 1950s and 60s Gadsden Creek’s... Read More

Senator Sean Bennett and Representatives Chris Murphy and Jenny Horne recently introduced legislation that would remove 90% of Dorchester County from the Coastal Zone. The proposed action would roll back wetland protections from the headwaters of the Ashley River (the Cypress and Wassamassaw Swamps). Andrew Wunderley, Charleston Waterkeeper, testified at... Read More

After six years serving as our Executive Director and Waterkeeper, Founder Cyrus Buffum will be stepping out of his day-to-day role with the organization to serve as a member of our Board of Directors. With this transition, the organization is pleased to announce Andrew Wunderley, Esq. as Charleston’s next Waterkeeper. “Together, as we... Read More