South Carolina – Coastal Environmental Organizations

South Carolina SC Organizations SC Environmental Groups Coastal Groups Also see: Animal, Wildlife Organizations

Coastal SC Environmental & Conservation Organizations

A

• Audubon South Carolina
  – Charleston Natural History Society - previously named the Charleston Audubon Society
  – Hilton Head Audubon Society
  – Waccamaw Audubon Society - Myrtle Beach
  

B

• Belle W. Baruch Foundation - manages Hobcaw Barony, a 17,500-acre wildlife refuge in Georgetown County
  
• Beaufort County Open Land Trust

C

• Center for Birds of Prey - Charleston
• Charleston Parks Conservancy
• Charleston Peace - environmental and social activism group
• Charleston Water Keeper - improving the quality of local waterways
  
• Coastal Conservation Association South Carolina
• Coastal Conservation League

E

• Edisto Island Open Land Trust
• Edisto Island Preservation Alliance
• Edisto Riverkeeper - advocating for equal access to drinkable, fishable, and swimmable water in the Edisto River basin
  

F

• Fix Flooding First - Charleston County - diverse group of community members and groups urging local leaders to find and fund solutions to local flooding
  
• Folly Beach Turtle Watch Program
• Friends of Coastal South Carolina - Awendaw - works to preserve National Wildlife Refuges and National Forests
  
• Friends of Fort Fremont Historical Park
• Friends of Hunting Island State Park
• Friends of the Edisto - Edisto River Basin

G

• Green Drinks Charleston - monthly social gatherings for those interested in meeting other environmentally-friendly people
  – Carrotmob Charleston - event to support socially responsible businesses
  
• Guy Daniels Memorial Foundation - Surfside Beach - dedicated to promoting clean beaches, environmental conservation, and helped students achieve their higher education goals.
  

H

• Hobcaw Barony - Georgetown County - 17,500-acre wildlife refuge
  

I

• Island Turtle Team - Isle of Palms & Sullivan's Island

J

• Johns Island Conservancy

K

• Keep Charleston Beautiful
• Keep North Charleston Beautiful
• Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy
• Kiawah Turtles' "Turtle Nest"

L

• Lands End Woodland - St Helena Island - preserving and utilizing African American community property
  
• Local Pulse - Johns Island - grass-roots organization working to preserve the traditional sea islands way of life and community structure of Johns Island
  
• Lowcountry Land Trust
• Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network - North Charleston - LMMN's mission is to protect South Carolina's marine mammals through science, education and conservation
  
• Lowcountry Master Gardener Association - master gardeners in Beaufort, Jasper and Colleton counties teaching about the challenges of gardening in the Lowcountry
  

N

• Nemours Wildlife Foundation - Beaufort
• Nix 526 - Charleston - working to stop the extension of the I-526 beltway through rural Johns Island and James Island
• North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Georgetown
  

O

• The Outside Foundation - Hilton Head - works to protect the environment and get kids active in it
  

P

• Port Royal Sound Foundation - Oaktie - mission is to preserve the Port Royal Sound for the environmental, cultural and economic well-being of the watershed
  

S

• Save the Angel Oak - Johns Island - working to save the forest around the Angel Oak Tree from development
  
• Seabrook Island Natural History Group
• Sewee Visitor & Environmental Education Center - Awendaw
• Slow Food Charleston - promoting local cuisine, organic foods
  
• South Atlantic Fishery Management Council - headquartered in Charleston - responsible for the conservation and management of fish stocks off the coasts of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and east Florida
  
• South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative - collaboration of organizations across four states working to preserve and restore salt marshes
  
• South Carolina Beach Advocates
• South Carolina Businesses Acting on Rising Seas - project of SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce to educate, preserve and protect coastal communities from the risk of a rising ocean
  
• South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
• South Carolina Coastal Information Network - education, training for coastal community officials
  
• South Carolina Environmental Law Project - Pawleys Island - legal services and advice to environmental organizations
• Spring Island Trust - educates on importance of conservation around Port Royal Sound, considered to be a unique environment with special water and land quality issues
  
• Sustainability Institute - Charleston - workshops & info to make existing homes more energy-efficient
• Surfrider Foundation - works to protect SC oceans, waves, beaches
  – Charleston Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation
  – Grand Strand Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation - Myrtle Beach
  

W

• Winyah Rivers Alliance
• Wounded Nature – Working Veterans - Charleston - volunteer organization works to remove coastal debris and abandoned and derelict boats from critical wildlife coastal areas