S.C. Sea Grant Consortium

Low Impact Development

Nature-Based Solution Manual for Kiawah Island

This manual represents several years of research and engagement by the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and partner organizations and highlights nature-based solutions to strengthen human and wildlife community resilience. These practices were vetted by scientific and...

Inside Sea Grant Newsletter – Summer 2011

This newsletter includes: The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium received high marks from a national review team. SECOORA spun off the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium as an independent non-profit for ocean observation. A climate adaptation initiative lead to the creation of flood and sea-level rise maps for Charleston, S.C. Researchers looked into the causes of hypoxic events in Long Bay off the coast of Myrtle Beach. Researchers studied the survival rates of horseshoe crabs after bleeding for medical purposes. A brochure on low impact development was released, as well as a web portal showing South Carolina LID projects.

Inside Sea Grant Newsletter – Winter 2001

This newsletter includes: The S.C. Sea Grant Board of Directors elected Dr. Ronald R. Ingle as chair. Clemson University engineers ripped apart 15 flood-damaged houses to test hurricane-resistant retrofits. With the guidance of the NEMO program, the City of Conway adopted a new zoning ordinance for water quality controls. An explanation of how land-use decisions shape the coastal landscape.

Community Associations and Stormwater Management: A Coastal South Carolina Perspective

Practical insights for community associations that want to protect and improve their natural resources. Strategies covered include managing coastal runoff by using vegetated buffers and rain gardens, maintaining stormwater ponds, and other actions homeowners can take to improve water quality. Contains a helpful glossary of terms, web resources, native plant lists, and a maintenance checklist.

South Carolina Coastal Wetland Impoundments: Ecological Characterization, Management, Status, and Use – Volume 1: Executive Summary

When several landowners requested permits to repair coastal impoundment dikes in the 1980s, state environmental regulators recognized how little they knew about these specialized, man-made ecosystems built for rice production a century earlier. They wanted to know how many of the dike-and-trunk systems were functional, how best to manage them, and how they affected marine life and estuarine functions. The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium funded the Coastal Wetland Impoundment Project to come up with answers.