Created by Africa and Europe, by slavery and isolation, the Gullah culture is fading into the modern world.
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Coastal Heritage – S.C. Sea Grant Consortium: Five-Year Report
Although South Carolina has one of the smallest populations in the country, its coastal region is expected to experience unprecedented growth in the coming decades.
Coastal Heritage – The Beauty of Sprawl
If New Urbanists got their way, sprawling suburbs would become an endangered species. But the public, so far, isn’t going along.
Coastal Heritage – The Salty Dogs
Would you notice if South Carolina’s commercial fishermen disappeared?
Coastal Heritage – The Bird Chase
During the twentieth century, many of South Carolina’s rice plantations were turned into hunting preserves, which later became a priceless necklace of wildlife habitat along the coast.
Coastal Heritage – Shrimp Aquaculture: Challenges and Potential
Booming global trade enables animal viruses to race around the world. Now aquatic farmers and researchers are finding new strategies to contain them.
Coastal Heritage – Coastal Growth Hits Home
New land-use regulations in two South Carolina coastal counties have sparked fierce debate. Rural neighbors, developers, and conservationists wrangle over development and property rights.
Coastal Heritage – Triumph of the Weed
The biological invaders are coming! The Earth, conservationists say, could become increasingly dominated by hardy, prolific, adaptable exotic species such as the zebra mussel and the fire ant.
Coastal Heritage – Where Have all the Joiners Gone?
In the mid-twentieth century, mainstream volunteer groups dominated American civic life. But professionally staffed adversary groups have flourished in recent decades, with unprecedented political influence. How are they changing our civic culture and public policy?
Coastal Heritage – Floyd Follies: What We’ve Learned
Hurricane Floyd triggered an evacuation fiasco across four southeastern states. Can we do better next time?