Beginning this month Waccamaw Audubon will be holding its monthly meetings at Inlet Square Mall, Murrells Inlet on the FIRST Thursday of each month- PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A CHANGE IN DAY.
Lewis ocean Bay, a unique local landscape
Our March speaker will be Trapper Fowler (Coastal Conservation League). He will speak about the Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve. He is Certified Wildlife Biologist® and North Coast Office Project Manager for the
Coastal Conservation League. He formerly served as the SCDNR manager at the Preserve and was instrumental in helping Sudie Daves plan and conduct the recent Christmas Count.
According to the CCL Newsletter, taking a trip to Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve illustrates what most of the Southeast would have looked like before European colonization because the property is still managed with fire. Historically, fires would have been ignited by lightning strikes. They would have been frequent but low- intensity, and they would have burned vast landscapes.
Back then, you would have seen wiregrass, Venus flytraps, and pitcher plants at your feet, and longleaf pine trees overhead. Because of prescribed fire applications—which are planned and controlled burns—used by S.C. Department of Natural Resources, visitors can still see these same species today. This ecosystem is so biologically diverse that it rivals that of a tropical rainforest. Outdoor enthusiast or not, you will fall in love with this globally unique natural wonder.
Coastal Conservation League. He formerly served as the SCDNR manager at the Preserve and was instrumental in helping Sudie Daves plan and conduct the recent Christmas Count.
According to the CCL Newsletter, taking a trip to Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve illustrates what most of the Southeast would have looked like before European colonization because the property is still managed with fire. Historically, fires would have been ignited by lightning strikes. They would have been frequent but low- intensity, and they would have burned vast landscapes.
Back then, you would have seen wiregrass, Venus flytraps, and pitcher plants at your feet, and longleaf pine trees overhead. Because of prescribed fire applications—which are planned and controlled burns—used by S.C. Department of Natural Resources, visitors can still see these same species today. This ecosystem is so biologically diverse that it rivals that of a tropical rainforest. Outdoor enthusiast or not, you will fall in love with this globally unique natural wonder.
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