News

Jan

The League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area will be hosting a water forum next week to shed light on a variety of issues surrounding Charleston’s waterways. The forum will take place on Wednesday, January 26, 2011, at 5:30 PM, at the YWCA, 106 Coming Street. Light snacks will...

Jan

Meet Noelle London – Policy Intern for Charleston Waterkeeper

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Andrew Wunderley

Charleston Waterkeeper, Programs

As we’ve grown as an organization, we’ve needed more and more hands involved with our day-to-day operations in order to keep moving in the right direction. One way we’ve been able to accomplish this over the past two years has been through the help and involvement from amazing interns and...

Jan

Fish Kill on Folly Beach

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Andrew Wunderley

Issues

Folly Beach residents were greeted yesterday by the sight of dead fish along the shoreline; thousands of menhaden washed ashore for reasons still unknown. It was initially speculated that the cause of the fish kill (an often times natural occurrence) was due to the cold water temperatures we’ve been experiencing lately....

Jan

River Respite

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Andrew Wunderley

Advocacy

The Post and Courier ran a beautiful photograph by Wade Spees in today’s paper entitled, “River Respite.” Here’s what they had to say about the shot… Even though conditions weren’t really conducive to actually catching fish, James Echon stopped by the Ashley River ‘to wet a hook, watch the sun...

Dec

Hudson Riverkeeper Takes Back the Tap

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Andrew Wunderley

Waterkeeper Alliance

Embedded video from CNN Video Our colleagues at Riverkeeper were featured in this video last year for their Take Back the Tap campaign. The campaign encourages New Yorkers to drink tap water – a movement that would put needed pressure on regulatory agencies to assure that water resources are adequately...

Dec

Charleston Waterkeeper Volunteers Join CofC’s MESSA at the Kiawah Island Marathon

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Andrew Wunderley

Events

The 33rd Annual Kiawah Island Marathon drew 3,457 runners this year with hundreds of spectators, staff, and volunteers, coming together to share the day and make the event a success. Charleston Waterkeeper and MESSA volunteer team had the honor of manning both the half-way point turn off (full marathoners completed...

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