News

May

The town of Mount Pleasant has unveiled their plans to restore 43 acres of marshland property on Shem Creek. The plans call for observation areas, waterfront walkways, a community gathering spot and more. Click here for Post and Courier‘s coverage on the plans.

May

Kudos to Isle of Palms Marina

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Andrew Wunderley

Programs

The weekend before last, Charleston’s shrimping fleet partook in an annual tradition, The Blessing of the Fleet. Our shrimping industry is an important component of Charleston’s maritime history. Without clean water, this industry, like every other commercial fishing industry, would slowly crumble. While on patrol, we stopped at the Isle...

Apr

Abandoned Boat Removal

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Andrew Wunderley

Issues, Programs, Recreational Activity

Earlier this month, award-winning film-guru, Nate Mallard, came out with Charleston Waterkeeper to document the removal of 6 abandoned boats behind Folly Beach. Nate was kind enough to put together a short clip from the day’s events…

Apr

H2OLY CITY Photography Competition

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Andrew Wunderley

Events

The City of Charleston’s Civic Design Center is organizing the H2OLY City Photography Competition to raise awareness of the role of water in our lifestyle and how it influences Charleston’s civic environment. With all of you water lovers out there, one of you is bound to have that winning picture! ...

Apr

Waterkeeper Alliance Featured in PBS Special

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Andrew Wunderley

Waterkeeper Alliance

The PBS program, Frontline, recently aired an investigative report entitled, “Poisoned Waters.” The feature takes a deep look into our nations waterways and highlights some of the issues impacting the quality of our rivers and waterways. Poisoned Waters also highlights Waterkeeper Alliance‘s efforts to combat factory farm pollution in the...

Apr

“Mercury Pollution Reduction Act” Introduced to the House

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Andrew Wunderley

Issues

“Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) has just introduced HR 2065 – the Mercury Pollution Reduction Act of 2009. This bill, if passed, would eliminate mercury use at the last four mercury-based chlor-alkali facilities in the country – the Foul Four. The Foul Four have collectively emitted tons of mercury into the...

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