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| Title | Summary | Year | Publication Type | Topics | hf:tax:publication_topic |
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| Resilience Planning Analysis: Town of Bluffton, S.C. | The Consortium and partners conducted a Resilience Planning and Engagement Project to assess the Town … | 2025 | Report | Coastal Development, Resilience | coastal-development resilience |
| Kids Teaching Flood Resilience Curriculum | This STEAM curriculum for middle and high school students positions youth as resources of knowledge and resilience about what to notice, know, and do in the event of extreme weather. | 2025 | Curriculum | Education | education |
| Shifting Sands Lesson Plan | This lesson plan for 4th–6th grade students builds understanding of coastal erosion processes and how our coastlines change. | 2025 | Curriculum | Education | education |
| Commercial Fisheries Insurance Fact Sheet | A fact sheet for commercial fisherman about insurance options, what insurance coverage is needed, and starting a risk retention group. | 2025 | Fact Sheet | Fisheries | fisheries |
| Blue Crab Licensing Fact Sheet | A fact sheet about South Carolina’s limited commercial blue crab license for both commercial and recreational crabbers. | 2025 | Fact Sheet | Fisheries | fisheries |
| Harvesting Wild Oysters in South Carolina | A fact sheet about harvesting and eating wild oysters in South Carolina, including permitting, harvesting, and food safety information. | 2025 | Fact Sheet | Shellfish | shellfish |
| The Economic Impact of the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium | The efforts of the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium inject millions of dollars annually into local communities throughout South Carolina as well as the broader Southeastern United States. This report details the Consortium’s economic impact. | 2024 | Report | Economics | economics |
| South Atlantic Sea Grant Regional Resilience Report | A report from the 2023 South Atlantic Sea Grant Regional Resilience Workshop. The objective of the workshop was to share ideas, challenges, and opportunities across Sea Grants in the region with the aim to improve resiliency programs. | 2024 | Report | Resilience | resilience |
| Sea Turtles of South Carolina Lesson Plan | This lesson plan for 4th and 5th grade students is an engaging look at South Carolina’s native turtle species. | 2024 | Curriculum | Coastal Ecology, Education | coastal-ecology education |
| Fish Printing: Lesson Guide | This lesson plan for 1st to 5th grade students is designed to pair with South Carolina Sea Grant’s Freshwater and Saltwater Fish Printing Kits, which are free to borrow to any South Carolina K-12, nonformal, or homeschool educator. | 2024 | Curriculum | Coastal Ecology, Education | coastal-ecology education |
| Water Quality and Applications to Natural Resource Management | This special edition of the Journal of South Carolina Water Resources highlights papers related to the popular Water Chats webinar series launched in 2022. Water Chats aims to deliver timely water quality information about protecting and restoring the quality of South Carolina’s water resources. | 2024 | Journal | Water Quality | water-quality |
| Folly 2050: Planning for Water | A 2023 update of the 2017 City of Folly Beach Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan. It includes recent climate data, as well as new infrastructure and drainage projects and policy updates. | 2023 | Report | Community Planning, Flooding, Sea Level Rise | community-planning flooding sea-level-rise |
| STEAMing with Spartina Seeds Educator Lesson Plan | Designed to work with the From Seeds to Shoreline curriculum, this educator lesson plan walks teachers through the process of making paper from ungerminated Spartina seeds. | 2023 | Curriculum | Education | education |
| South Carolina Seafood Seasonality Chart | A chart for consumers showing which seafood is in season in South Carolina throughout the year. | 2023 | Fact Sheet | Fisheries | fisheries |
| Impacts of Water Chats 2022 | A fact sheet describing the recorded impacts of the award-winning 2022 Water Chats … | 2023 | Fact Sheet | Water Quality | water-quality |
| Clam Direct Marketing Fact Sheet | During 2021 and 2022, over 2,000 people in South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina were engaged in two surveys to understand their seafood buying habits and motivations. Based on the survey results, this fact sheet helps clam producers understand consumer preferences. | 2023 | Fact Sheet | Aquaculture/Mariculture, Shellfish | aquaculture-mariculture shellfish |
| Crab Direct Marketing Fact Sheet | During 2021 and 2022, over 2,000 people in South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina were engaged in two surveys to understand their seafood buying habits and motivations. Based on the survey results, this fact sheet helps crab producers understand consumer preferences. | 2023 | Fact Sheet | Aquaculture/Mariculture | aquaculture-mariculture |
| Shrimp Direct Marketing Fact Sheet | During 2021 and 2022, over 2,000 people in South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina were engaged in two surveys to understand their seafood buying habits and motivations. Based on the survey results, this fact sheet helps shrimp producers understand consumer preferences. | 2023 | Fact Sheet | Fisheries | fisheries |
| Oyster Direct Marketing Fact Sheet | During 2021 and 2022, over 2,000 people in South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina were engaged in two surveys to understand their seafood buying habits and motivations. Based on the survey results, this fact sheet helps crab producers understand consumer preferences. | 2023 | Fact Sheet | Aquaculture/Mariculture, Shellfish | aquaculture-mariculture shellfish |
| Oyster Aquaculture Summer Mortality Events | This fact sheet goes over the increasingly common issue of summer mortality events in North and South Carolina. Learn what to do when a mortality event occurs and who to contact to report such events. | 2023 | Fact Sheet | Aquaculture/Mariculture, Shellfish | aquaculture-mariculture shellfish |
| Coastal Heritage – The Way Water Behaves: Rain Gardens and Native Plants | Curbing flooding, encouraging native species, and reducing stormwater runoff through native-plant landscaping and the understanding of how water moves. By mimicking local ecosystems, green spaces attract native wildlife while also mitigating flood risks. | 2023 | Magazine | Flooding, Stormwater | flooding stormwater |
| Coastal Heritage – Writing Toward Place: Inspiration From The World Around Us | South Carolina’s Nikky Finney writes toward place—incorporating environment, Black history, generational histories, social justice, and culture into her work. | 2023 | Magazine | ||
| Coastal Heritage – Where the Wild Places Are: Captivating Carolina Bays | Carolina bays have long captured the human imagination. From asteroids to whale wallows to melting glaciers, origin stories of these unique elliptical depressions found throughout the Atlantic Coastal Plain continue to provide intrigue. | 2023 | Magazine | Coastal Ecosystems | coastal-ecosystems |
| Documenting the Potential Benefits of Increased Shellfish Mariculture Production in South Carolina | A report detailing hypothetical investment scenarios for shellfish hatchery development. The report includes an estimate on the current unmet demand for South Carolina produced mariculture oysters, as well as an economic impact model. | 2022 | Report | Aquaculture/Mariculture, Economics, Shellfish | aquaculture-mariculture economics shellfish |
| South Carolina Commercial Fisheries Infrastructure Needs Assessment | This assessment identifies the critical needs, threats, and impediments the commercial fishing industry faces in South Carolina. | 2022 | Report | Fisheries | fisheries |
| Nature-Based Solution Manual for Kiawah Island | This manual represents several years of research and engagement by the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium … | 2022 | Guidebook | Living Shorelines, Low Impact Development, Salt Marshes | living-shorelines low-impact-development salt-marshes |
| Shellfish Mariculture Seed Purchase Process | This resource outlines considerations for purchasing shellfish seed for mariculture operations in South Carolina with a focus on two economically and ecologically valuable bivalves, oysters, and clams. It also identifies requirements for out-of-state purchases and offers guidance for seed purchase and factors to take into account when preparing to stock an operation. | 2022 | Resource List | Aquaculture/Mariculture, Shellfish | aquaculture-mariculture shellfish |
| Shellfish Mariculture Finance Resources | This guide contained resources related to the financial basics of starting a cage shellfish mariculture business operation, including options for loans and start-up capital, existing options for crop and equipment insurance, cage bonds, and existing producer associations. | 2022 | Resource List | Aquaculture/Mariculture, Shellfish | aquaculture-mariculture shellfish |
| Coastal Heritage – Prevailing Winds: Building Momentum Offshore | Driven by a combination of factors, from new federal energy goals to a burgeoning wind-energy manufacturing presence in South Carolina, an effort to bring offshore wind to the Palmetto State is gaining momentum. | 2022 | Magazine | Energy | energy |
| Coastal Heritage – Jewel of the Marsh: the Remarkable Diamondback Terrapin | All along the South Carolina coast, the diamondback terrapin is endemic to salt marshes. But many populations of the species remain in steady decline. | 2022 | Magazine | Coastal Ecology | coastal-ecology |
| The Economic Benefits of South Carolina’s Beaches and Barrier Islands | This report examines the ecosystem services provided by South Carolina’s beach and barrier island systems from an economic perspective. The report synthesizes data from a variety of sources in order to place an estimated value on the services, in order to better inform their wise use and conservation. | 2021 | Report | Coastal Ecology, Coastal Ecosystems, Economics | coastal-ecology coastal-ecosystems economics |
| Town of Edisto Beach Flooding and Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment | The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium (SCSGC), Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments (CISA), and College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Hazards Center (LCHC) assessed Edisto Beach’s vulnerability to flooding and sea level rise using a variety of methods. | 2021 | Report | Flooding, Sea Level Rise | flooding sea-level-rise |
| Nature’s Water Filter: Oyster Lesson Plan | This educator lesson plan uses simple materials for activities to demonstrate and learn about how oysters filter water. It includes background educational material. | 2021 | Curriculum | Aquaculture/Mariculture, Education, Shellfish | aquaculture-mariculture education shellfish |
| South Carolina Aquaculture Permitting Guide | This guide provides the prospective aquaculturist with an overview of information sources and government agencies associated with aquaculture permitting. | 2021 | Guidebook | Aquaculture/Mariculture, Shellfish | aquaculture-mariculture shellfish |
| Oyster Mariculture Fact Sheet | This fact sheet shows the involvement of the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium in jump-starting the oyster farming industry in South Carolina, the state of the industry, and current projects to improve oyster growing resources in the state. | 2021 | Fact Sheet | Aquaculture/Mariculture, Economics, Fisheries, Shellfish | aquaculture-mariculture economics fisheries shellfish |
| The Economic Contribution of Oyster Mariculture in South Carolina | An overview of the economic contribution of South Carolina’s oyster-growing industry, which has grown as demand for locally-grown and sustainably-produced oysters increases. | 2021 | Fact Sheet | Aquaculture/Mariculture, Economics, Fisheries, Shellfish | aquaculture-mariculture economics fisheries shellfish |
| The Economic Benefits of Beaches and Barrier Islands Infographic | This infographic highlights the main points of the Economic Benefits of Beaches and Barrier Islands report. | 2021 | Fact Sheet | Coastal Ecology, Coastal Ecosystems, Economics | coastal-ecology coastal-ecosystems economics |
| Coastal Heritage – All Hands on Deck: Addressing Coastal Challenges of the Next 30 Years | Over the next 30 years, a multitude of changes — including rising sea level, more frequent rain bursts, and an anticipated population influx — will alter South Carolina’s coastal landscape. How will communities adapt to the challenges presented? | 2021 | Magazine | Agency News | agency-news |
| Flood Vulnerability Assessment: City of Beaufort, S.C. | A report by a team from S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments on the history and science of rising sea levels and potential flood mitigation strategies was prepared for the City of Beaufort and presented at a public meeting in January, 2020. | 2020 | Report | Community Planning, Flooding, Resilience, Sea Level Rise | community-planning flooding resilience sea-level-rise |
| Assessing South Carolina’s Ocean Economy | This report details the trends in economic activity related to South Carolina’s ocean economy. | 2020 | Report | Economics | economics |
| Economic Contribution of Coastal Nature-Based Tourism for the State of South Carolina | This report is from a Consortium-funded study, conducted by researchers from Clemson University and the College of Charleston, focused on analyzing the contribution of nature-based tourism to coastal South Carolina economies. | 2020 | Report | Tourism | tourism |
| Clay Ball Challenge Educator Lesson Plan | This educator lesson plan uses simple materials for fun STEM (science-technology-engineering-math) challenges designed to teach about the properties of buoyancy and density. Includes a separate activity to be done with parents. | 2020 | Curriculum | Education, Ocean Science | education ocean-science |
| Carbon the World Traveler Educator Lesson Plan | This educator lesson plan uses simple materials to teach the carbon cycle in the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Activities demonstrate how natural processes release and absorb carbon, and ways in which carbon influences and impacts climate. | 2020 | Curriculum | Education, Ocean Science | education ocean-science |
| Causes and Effects of Our Rising Seas Educator Lesson Plan | This educator lesson plan uses simple materials to teach about sea-level rise. Discuss the main differences between sea ice and glacial ice, how melting sea ice and/or glacial ice impacts currents and sea level, and how thermohaline circulation affects climate. | 2020 | Curriculum | Education, Ocean Science, Sea Level Rise | education ocean-science sea-level-rise |
| Capturing the Creek Cultural Connection Lesson Plan | This educator lesson plan uses simple materials to explore how local creeks connect to a larger watershed system and communicates the historical and cultural importance of the creeks and watershed systems in the area. | 2020 | Curriculum | Education | education |
| Experimenting with Density Educator Lesson Plan | This educator lesson plan uses simple materials to demonstrate the properties of different liquids, find out whether freshwater or saltwater is more dense, and discover how the density of water impacts Earth’s ecosystems. | 2020 | Curriculum | Education, Ocean Science | education ocean-science |
| Globe Toss Educator Lesson Plan | This educator lesson plan uses simple materials to let students determine whether Earth is covered mostly by water or land. Discussion includes reasons why the ocean is important to humans and other animals and plants, and ways in which humans positively and negatively impact the ocean environment. | 2020 | Curriculum | Education, Ocean Science | education ocean-science |
| A Race to the Bottom Educator Lesson Plan | This educator lesson plan uses simple materials for activities to learn that phytoplankton are autotrophic and carry out the process of photosynthesis, and understand the importance of body form and function in keeping phytoplankton floating in the upper levels of the water column. | 2020 | Curriculum | Education, Ocean Science | education ocean-science |
| Weather Data Collection Sheet | This data collection sheet is to be used to collect weather data using a homemade anemometer. | 2020 | Curriculum | Education | education |
| Ocean Science Journal for Grades K-5 | This journal provides ten writing prompts and engagement activities based on the seven Ocean Literacy Essential Principles for use by educators and parents with their students and children. | 2020 | Curriculum | Education, Ocean Science | education ocean-science |
| Ocean Science Journal for Grades 6-8 | This journal provides ten writing prompts and engagement activities based on the seven Ocean Literacy Essential Principles for use by educators and parents with their students and children. | 2020 | Curriculum | Education, Ocean Science | education ocean-science |
| Ocean Science Journal for Grades 9-12 | This journal provides ten writing prompts and engagement activities based on the seven Ocean Literacy Essential Principles for use by educators and parents with their students and children. | 2020 | Curriculum | Education, Ocean Science | education ocean-science |
| Stormwater Ponds in Coastal South Carolina: State of Knowledge Report | This comprehensive report contains up-to-date scientific findings on stormwater ponds, their effectiveness as a control measure, pollutant levels, public perception, and best management practices. | 2020 | Book | Coastal Development, Coastal Ecology, Community Planning, Pollution, Stormwater | coastal-development coastal-ecology community-planning pollution stormwater |
| South Carolina’s Ocean Economy Infographic | This infographic and fact sheet shows statistics about South Carolina’s ocean economy. | 2020 | Fact Sheet | Economics | economics |
| Coastal Heritage – 1980-2020: S.C. Sea Grant Consortium Marks Four Decades of Change | For 40 years, the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium’s researchers, educators, and outreach staff has worked to enhance understanding of the unique heritage and natural resources of coastal South Carolina. | 2020 | Magazine | Agency News | agency-news |
| Susceptibility of Public Health Impacts from Flooded Water, Wastewater and Public Health Infrastructure | A method and guidance for assessing the resilience of public water and wastewater systems to flooding as well as the access to health care facilities to improve the health outcomes of communities when faced with tropical storms, increased tidal flooding, and extreme rain events. | 2019 | Guidebook | Community Planning, Flooding, Health, Resilience | community-planning flooding health resilience |
| Coastal Heritage – Island Science: Special Ecosystems Lure Researchers | South Carolina’s wealth of undeveloped barrier islands and sand banks are hotbeds for research because natural processes occur on those landforms with minimal human intervention. | 2019 | Magazine | Coastal Ecology, Energy, Invasive Species, Technology | coastal-ecology energy invasive-species technology |
| Coastal Heritage – Citizen Science: Encouraging Public Engagement | Researchers increasingly are turning to volunteers who are willing to scour beaches for sea turtle tracks or check a backyard rain gauge daily, and the data gathered in these basic chores is helping propel science forward. | 2019 | Magazine | Citizen Science, Education | citizen-science education |
| Coastal Heritage – Coastal Museums: Showcasing Homegrown History | The rich culture of coastal South Carolina has come to life in a wave of history museums opened in the past few decades. Read about eleven coastal museums and their contributions to both tourism and local communities. | 2019 | Magazine | Education, Tourism | education tourism |
| Coastal Heritage – Designing for Water: Strategies to Mitigate Flood Impacts | As sea level rises and more intense rains fall, engineering streets, buildings, and natural areas to better handle high-water levels becomes crucial. Read about current projects and efforts to prevent and minimize flooding in coastal South Carolina. | 2019 | Magazine | Flooding, Living Shorelines, Low Impact Development, Sea Level Rise | flooding living-shorelines low-impact-development sea-level-rise |
| Sporobolus alterniflorus through the seasons | Sporobolus alterniflorus (formerly Spartina alterniflora), the common smooth cordgrass that dominates coastal marshes in the southeastern United States changes from month to month. Follow along on a journey through a year in the marsh. | 2019 | Slideshow | Salt Marshes | salt-marshes |
| Oyster Mariculture is Growing in South Carolina | The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium provided expertise and guidance to help develop oyster hatcheries in the state after state officials banned the importation of seed oysters from outside the state in 2014 due to disease concerns. | 2019 | Slideshow | Aquaculture/Mariculture, Shellfish | aquaculture-mariculture shellfish |
| Coastal South Carolina History Museums Story Map | The rich culture of coastal South Carolina comes to life at the community level in history museums. This storymap showcases Lowcountry museums. | 2019 | Storymap | History | history |
| Coastal Heritage – First Impacts: Natural Systems Face Sea-Level Rise | Barrier and hammock islands, marshes, tidal wetlands, and their plants and creatures will have to be early adapters as the warming ocean creeps higher in coming decades. | 2018 | Magazine | Coastal Ecology, Sea Level Rise | coastal-ecology sea-level-rise |
| Coastal Heritage – Tank to Table: How Single Oyster Mariculture Works | The single-oyster mariculture industry is taking off in South Carolina, as hatcheries and farms refine methods for growing single oysters preferred by high-end restaurants. | 2018 | Magazine | Aquaculture/Mariculture, Fisheries, Shellfish | aquaculture-mariculture fisheries shellfish |
| Coastal Heritage – Passing the Torch: Mentoring the Next Generation | As Baby Boomers near the end of their careers, passing on their institutional knowledge to future generations becomes critical, shining a spotlight on the mentor-protégé relationship. | 2018 | Magazine | Education | education |
| Coastal Heritage – Stormwater Ponds: The Coast Re-Plumbed | The expansion of engineered ponds as stormwater control devices has changed the way water moves across the coastal landscape, and the effects are still being sorted out. | 2018 | Magazine | Flooding, Stormwater | flooding stormwater |
| Phase I Red Snapper Experimental Design Workshop Summary Report | This report details a 2.5-day workshop held in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2017 to discuss six experimental designs developed through a competitive request for proposals. | 2017 | Report | Fisheries | fisheries |
| Biodiversity in a Changing Climate | This briefing book from the Our Coastal Future Forum provides an explanation of South Carolina’s changing climate, and information about the effects on coastal biodiversity and living marine resources. | 2017 | Briefing Book | Coastal Ecology, Fisheries, Harmful Algal Blooms | coastal-ecology fisheries harmful-algal-blooms |
| Environmental Health in a Changing Climate | This briefing book from Our Coastal Future Forum provides an explanation of South Carolina’s changing climate, and an overview of chemical and bacterial contaminants and their effects on environmental health. | 2017 | Briefing Book | Health, Pollution | health pollution |
| Ocean Mineral and Energy Resources in a Changing Climate | This briefing book from Our Coastal Future Forum provides an explanation of South Carolina’s changing climate, and information about sand resources, coastal erosion control, and offshore energy production. | 2017 | Briefing Book | Coastal Development, Energy, Geology | coastal-development energy geology |
| Coastal Heritage – Love for Natural Places: How It Shapes Our Coast and Affects Us All | People feel better after spending time in nature, and they then work to protect those special places. | 2017 | Magazine | ||
| Coastal Heritage – New Technology: Driving Advances in Coastal Science | In the past 25 years, technology has accelerated extraordinary advances in how scientists record, measure, and process information, and thus has revolutionized research. | 2017 | Magazine | Technology | technology |
| Coastal Heritage – Trailblazers of the Reconstruction Era | With a new National Park Service site planned for Beaufort County, the people who led the way during Reconstruction gain new acclaim. | 2017 | Magazine | History | history |
| Connected Land Conservation Plan of the East Cooper Region of South Carolina | This plan provides a regional perspective of local development patterns and natural resources in the area between the Cooper and Santee rivers. The project team synthesized technical knowledge regarding urban and regional planning, landscape architecture, and ecology, as well as organized workshops to gather input from the mayors and planning staff to develop a land conservation plan. | 2016 | Report | Coastal Development, Community Planning | coastal-development community-planning |
| Guide to the Salt Marshes and Tidal Creeks of the Southeastern United States | This guide, available in PDF and as an interactive website, provides an overview of salt marsh and tidal creek ecosystems in the southeastern United States. | 2016 | Field Guide | Coastal Ecology, Education, Salt Marshes | coastal-ecology education salt-marshes |
| Microplastics in Estuaries Poster | This colorful poster describes how plastics degrade into microplastics, potential effects on wildlife of microplastic ingestion, and features several easy things people can do to help reduce the amount of plastics in the environment. | 2016 | Poster | Coastal Ecology, Education, Marine Debris, Microplastics | coastal-ecology education marine-debris microplastics |
| Coastal Heritage – Communities Under Water: Lessons Learned from Extreme Floods | Inundations in 2015 and 2016 drove home the message that building coastal resilience is critical and requires changes. | 2016 | Magazine | Flooding, Resilience | flooding resilience |
| Coastal Heritage – S.C.’s Working Waterfronts: Fishing Villages Evolve | Working waterfronts are living entities, shaped by many variables. In South Carolina, the communities around those waterfronts are taking stock of recent changes and deciding how best to move forward. | 2016 | Magazine | Fisheries | fisheries |
| Coastal Heritage – Career Jump-Start: Cultivating the Future Workforce | How does the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium help develop the research, education, and outreach workforce of the future? It’s all about planting the right seeds in the right places. | 2016 | Magazine | Education | education |
| Sea Level Rise Adaptation Report for Beaufort County, South Carolina | Beaufort County is a low-lying coastal county with a high vulnerability to flooding and other coastal hazards. Residents have already noticed the effects of rising sea levels; however, the County is finding it difficult to effectively plan given the compounding uncertainties about sea-level rise and its consequences on the human environment. | 2015 | Report | Community Planning, Resilience, Sea Level Rise | community-planning resilience sea-level-rise |
| Collaborative Research to Prioritize and Model the Runoff Volume Sensitivities of Tidal Headwaters | Beaufort County, S.C. implemented volume-based stormwater regulations on the rationale that if volume discharge is controlled, contaminant loading will also be controlled. The County sought to identify which of their tidal creeks and what portions of the creeks are most sensitive to stormwater runoff. | 2015 | Report | Coastal Ecology, Stormwater | coastal-ecology stormwater |
| Sporobolus alterniflorus (Spartina alterniflora) Poster | This educational poster shows the main facts and distribution of Sporobolus alterniflorus (formerly known as Spartina alterniflora), the dominant plant in southeastern salt marshes. | 2015 | Poster | Coastal Ecology, Education, Salt Marshes | coastal-ecology education salt-marshes |
| Coastal Heritage – The Wonders of Discovery: Reviving Interest in Natural History | Are we losing our young people to the digital world or is the study of natural history making a comeback? | 2015 | Magazine | Education | education |
| Research Needs for the Sustainable Management of Crustacean Resources in the South Atlantic Bight | This report details specific research needs for shrimp, blue crab, horseshoe crab, and stone crab species. The report discusses the effects of disease, habitat condition and loss, climate change, stock assessment, and fishery practices for each, and identifies research priorities. | 2014 | Report | Fisheries | fisheries |
| A Coherent Approach to Busycon/Busycotypus Fishery Management Along the U.S. Atlantic Seaboard | This report compiles whelk reproduction, growth, and fisheries studies from Massachusetts, Delaware, Virginia, and Georgia to lay the groundwork for a more consistent approach to managing the fishery throughout the U.S. Atlantic coast. The studies were presented at the 16th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, which was organized by the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium in 2014 in Charleston, S.C. A full transcript of the panel discussion at the conference is included. | 2014 | Report | Fisheries, Shellfish | fisheries shellfish |
| South Carolina Guide to Beachfront Property | Current and prospective homeowners will learn about common coastal hazards, such as chronic erosion, storm-driven erosion, and flooding. Also included are important state regulations for construction and renovation of properties on the beachfront and criteria for repairing or rebuilding after a storm event. | 2014 | Guidebook | Coastal Development, Community Planning, Resilience, Sea Level Rise | coastal-development community-planning resilience sea-level-rise |
| Low Impact Development in Coastal South Carolina: a Planning and Design Guide | This comprehensive manual on implementing low impact development practices provides engineering tools, planning guidance, and case study examples that are relevant to the South Carolina coastal zone. | 2014 | Guidebook | Coastal Development, Low Impact Development | coastal-development low-impact-development |
| Coastal Heritage – Water Cities: Can We Climate-Proof the Coast? | U.S. coastal cities could learn from the Dutch who say, “When building or rebuilding, always think about water.” | 2014 | Magazine | Flooding | flooding |
| Coastal Heritage – The Global Plastic Breakdown: How Microplastics are Shredding Ocean Health | What’s happening to sea life as plastics are shredded into smaller and smaller pieces? Smaller particles capture waterborne contaminants. | 2014 | Magazine | Microplastics | microplastics |
| Coastal Heritage – On the Waterfront: Can Traditional Industries Survive Explosive Change? | Traditional marine industries continue to lose their hold on South Carolina’s coastal waterways. | 2014 | Magazine | Fisheries | fisheries |
| Coastal Heritage – Carolina’s Gold Coast: The Culture of Rice and Slavery | Rice plantations shaped and reshaped the lowcountry geography and economy, making Charleston one of the richest cities in the world, but it was a wealth built primarily on slave labor. | 2014 | Magazine | History | history |
| Coastal Heritage – Red Lionfish: A “Super-Invader” for Supper? | The red lionfish is a “super-invasive” species that is taking over reef systems in the western Atlantic and Caribbean. | 2013 | Magazine | Fisheries, Invasive Species | fisheries invasive-species |
| Coastal Heritage – Climate Change and Extreme Weather | Climate change is often functioning as an accelerant, making some natural weather extremes even more dangerous and intense. | 2013 | Magazine | ||
| Coastal Heritage – Lowcountry Living Shorelines: Restoring Carolina’s Reefs | South Carolina is one of the few places in the world where oysters are in reasonable abundance and in good harvesting condition. Still, more can be done to restore their populations. | 2013 | Magazine | Living Shorelines, Shellfish | living-shorelines shellfish |
| Assessing the Impact of Saltwater Intrusion in the Carolinas under Future Climatic and Sea Level Conditions | Scientists investigated the threat of saltwater intrusion in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River basin under conditions influenced by ongoing and future climatic change with an emphasis on changes in the frequency and duration of saltwater intrusion events with increasing sea levels. | 2012 | Report | Resilience, Sea Level Rise | resilience sea-level-rise |
| Coastal Heritage – Emancipation Day: The Freed People of Port Royal | On Emancipation Day—January 1, 1863—sea islanders of the Beaufort District realized what they must do to help defeat the Confederacy and keep their freedom. | 2012 | Magazine | History | history |
| Coastal Heritage – No Worries? The New Science of Risk and Choice | We can’t understand our disaster risks until we set our minds sternly to the task. | 2012 | Magazine | ||
| Coastal Heritage – Lowcountry’s Fishing Future: Are Locavores the Answer? | South Carolina’s fisheries are sustainable ones, experts say. So buy local seafood with confidence. | 2012 | Magazine | Fisheries | fisheries |
| Coastal Heritage – Calm After the Storm? Disasters and Mental Health | Trusting relationships help disaster victims recover. | 2012 | Magazine | Hurricanes | hurricanes |
| Survey of Marine Recreationists’ Attitudes Towards Potential Offshore Wind Energy in South Carolina | This final report details survey responses from 657 marine recreationists in the North Myrtle Beach and Georgetown, S.C., areas about their points of view regarding the impacts of offshore wind energy. Includes methods, interviews, questionnaires, individual responses, and responses compared across communities. | 2011 | Report | Coastal Development, Energy | coastal-development energy |
| Coastal Heritage – Urban Thinker with an Ecologist’s Eye: Jane Jacobs’ Legacy | Her ideas have become integral to contemporary urban planning. | 2011 | Magazine | Community Planning, Low Impact Development | community-planning low-impact-development |
| Coastal Heritage – Water’s Edge: Managing Coastal Runoff | New methods to filter runoff and protect waterways. | 2011 | Magazine | Stormwater | stormwater |
| Coastal Heritage – The Arts of Science: A Search for Visual Ecology | Artists and scientists collaborate to help us perceive patterns of the natural world. | 2011 | Magazine | Coastal Ecology | coastal-ecology |
| Assessment of Stormwater Management in Coastal South Carolina: A Focus on Stormwater Ponds and Low Impact Development (LID) Practices | This report covers the strengths and weaknesses of two stormwater management strategies in coastal South Carolina: stormwater ponds and LID practices. Based on interviews of stormwater professionals and input from workshops, the report assists coastal communities with decision-making about the selection and implementation of stormwater managements strategies. | 2010 | Report | Community Planning, Low Impact Development, Stormwater | community-planning low-impact-development stormwater |
| Coastal Heritage – Celebrating 30 Years | In this anniversary issue of Coastal Heritage, we look back on relationships between the human and natural environments in our state, and venture a brief look to the future. | 2010 | Magazine | ||
| Coastal Heritage – The Dynamic Coast: Living with Shoreline Change | Climate change and global sea-level rise are happening, and now is the time to discuss impacts and tools to adapt, scientists say. | 2010 | Magazine | Citizen Science, Sea Level Rise | citizen-science sea-level-rise |
| Coastal Heritage – Offshore Wind: Testing the Water | Offshore wind is South Carolina’s primary renewable resource for generating electricity. Can the state establish effective incentives to develop it? Or will offshore wind prove too expensive and difficult? | 2010 | Magazine | Energy | energy |
| Coastal Change Along the Shore of Northeastern South Carolina – The South Carolina Coastal Erosion Study | This study was designed to develop an understanding of the factors and processes that control coastal sediment movement within critical areas of erosion along the South Carolina/Georgia coast, and lead to better prediction of changes and cost-effective mitigation of future erosion and accretion patterns. | 2009 | Report | Coastal Development, Community Planning, Geology, Sea Level Rise | coastal-development community-planning geology sea-level-rise |
| Coastal Heritage -The Lowcountry’s Jazz Age: Gift of Story and Song | In the 1920s and ‘30s, southern white authors published best-selling novels about the Gullah people. Now the Gullah people are telling their own story. | 2009 | Magazine | History | history |
| Coastal Heritage – Sea-Level Rise: Adapting to a Changing Coast | Climate change is accelerating faster than scientists thought possible just a few years ago, and the rate of global sea-level rise will increase as a result. How will South Carolina adapt? | 2009 | Magazine | Sea Level Rise | sea-level-rise |
| Coastal Heritage – Disaster Resilience: 20 Years After Hugo | Government programs have aided numerous disaster victims toward recovery, but citizens, families, and businesses must become better prepared for future emergencies. | 2009 | Magazine | Resilience | resilience |
| Coastal Heritage – Cold-Water Corals: Ancient Life in the Deep, Dark Sea | Explorers have discovered a remarkable array of fragile deep-sea corals from North Carolina to east Florida. | 2009 | Magazine | Ocean Science | ocean-science |
| State of Knowledge Report: South Carolina Coastal Wetland Impoundments | This report includes a research summary from the mid-1980s to present, prior research and policy recommendations, a summary of active research and new recommendations, and a comprehensive cited reference list. | 2008 | Report | Coastal Development, Coastal Ecology, Flooding | coastal-development coastal-ecology flooding |
| Chemical and Biological Contamination of Stormwater Detention Pond Sediments in Coastal South Carolina | This technical report characterizes the chemical and biological contaminants from sediment of 16 stormwater ponds located in suburban areas of Myrtle Beach, Georgetown, Charleston, and Beaufort. | 2008 | Report | Coastal Ecology, Pollution, Stormwater | coastal-ecology pollution stormwater |
| Educator’s Guide to Marine Debris in the Southeast and Gulf of Mexico | A regional introduction for educators to three main categories of marine debris: litter; derelict or abandoned boats; and lost or abandoned commercial and recreational fishing gear. | 2008 | Curriculum | Education, Marine Debris | education marine-debris |
| Citizens’ Guide to Community Planning: Greater Myrtle Beach Region | This guide is a basic primer for the land-use planning techniques deployed by the eight government bodies in Horry County. Includes a section on special purpose zoning districts and other planning tools, as well as a land-use codes matrix for each municipality. | 2008 | Guidebook | Coastal Development, Community Planning | coastal-development community-planning |
| Coastal Heritage – Exploring Early Carolina’s Natural Riches | Colonial South Carolina attracted adventurers who arrived here to explore and document its remarkable biological riches. | 2008 | Magazine | Coastal Ecology, History | coastal-ecology history |
| Coastal Heritage – Climate Change and Ocean Health | Warmer, more acidic oceans threaten global fisheries. | 2008 | Magazine | Fisheries | fisheries |
| Coastal Heritage – Slowing Stormwater: Improving Water Quality by Imitating Nature | Innovative development practices and construction products are allowing stormwater to be filtered on-site and preventing pollution from reaching waterways. | 2008 | Magazine | Stormwater | stormwater |
| Coastal Heritage – Breaking the Chains: The End of the Transatlantic Slave Trade | Two hundred years ago, abolitionists gained their first victory in the long struggle to abolish the ownership of human beings. This year, the lowcountry commemorates the anniversary of that initial victory. | 2008 | Magazine | History | history |
| 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. | 2007 | Guidebook | Coastal Development, Low Impact Development, Stormwater | coastal-development low-impact-development stormwater |
| Coastal Heritage – Our Changing Waterfronts | An unprecedented demand for new homes along estuaries and tidal creeks is diminishing water access for commercial fisherman and recreational boaters alike. | 2007 | Magazine | Community Planning, Fisheries | community-planning fisheries |
| Coastal Heritage – Will Climate Change Devastate Coastal Property Insurance? | Property insurers say that the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coastlines are increasingly becoming a more dangerous place due to hurricanes – and that climate change is an important reason why. | 2007 | Magazine | Coastal Development, Hurricanes | coastal-development hurricanes |
| Coastal Heritage – Knocking Back Biological Invaders | Global trade and travel are moving biological invaders around world, causing billions of dollars in damage and displacing native species. | 2007 | Magazine | Invasive Species | invasive-species |
| Coastal Heritage – Rising Tide: Will Climate Change Drown Coastal Wetlands? | Rising sea level is forcing some salt marshes to migrate inland, exposing communities to more flooding. This process will almost certainly accelerate because of climate change. | 2007 | Magazine | Flooding, Salt Marshes, Sea Level Rise | flooding salt-marshes sea-level-rise |
| Tidal Creek Habitats: Sentinels of Coastal Health | This guidebook details the effects of development on tidal creek habitats and their important function in the coastal ecosystem. | 2006 | Field Guide | Coastal Ecology, Salt Marshes | coastal-ecology salt-marshes |
| Coastal Heritage – Discovery Learning Comes of Age | Many teachers are struggling with “discovery learning,” the strongest trend in science education. But help is on the way. | 2006 | Magazine | Education | education |
| Coastal Heritage – African Roots, Carolina Gold | The African contribution to the immensely lucrative South Carolina rice industry. | 2006 | Magazine | History | history |
| Coastal Heritage – After the Storm | Why do so many coastal homeowners fail to purchase flood insurance? | 2006 | Magazine | Hurricanes | hurricanes |
| Coastal Heritage – Building Green: A New Path | A new era of green design and construction has arrived on South Carolina campuses. | 2006 | Magazine | Low Impact Development | low-impact-development |
| Coastal Heritage – Keeping Watch: Technologies Track Forces of the Sea | A revolution is coming to ocean science, allowing researchers to study the marine environment in a more detailed, timely fashion than ever before. | 2005 | Magazine | Technology | technology |
| Coastal Heritage – Old Cities, New Life | Innovative developers and civic leaders are drawing residents back to older suburbs and formerly blighted areas. | 2005 | Magazine | Coastal Development | coastal-development |
| Coastal Heritage – Ancient Tools: Searching for the First Americans | Small stone pieces excavated at the Topper site in Allendale County could be central to the story of Homo sapiens. | 2005 | Magazine | History | history |
| Coastal Heritage – Gullah’s Radiant Light | Gullah history is revealed in Lowcountry land held by families for generations. | 2004 | Magazine | History | history |
| Coastal Heritage – The Coast’s Great Leap | How fast is too fast? In a single generation, the South Carolina coast has been transformed. | 2004 | Magazine | Coastal Development | coastal-development |
| Coastal Heritage – Hanging in the Balance: America’s Fishing Industry | American fishermen are battered by tough regulations intended to recover overfished stocks and by floods of cheap imported seafood. | 2004 | Magazine | Fisheries | fisheries |
| Coastal Heritage – A Line in the Sand: Nourishing South Carolina’s Beaches | For now, nourishment seems the only practical answer to erosion. But, in the long run, most beachfront property owners will have to retreat. The longer we wait, the more costly it will be. | 2003 | Magazine | Coastal Development | coastal-development |
| Coastal Heritage – Hothouse Planet | Which wild creatures can adapt to accelerating climate change? | 2003 | Magazine | Resilience | resilience |
| Coastal Heritage – Nature or Nurture? | Driven out of their habitats, many wildlife species are flourishing in America’s urbanized areas, thriving on our handouts and causing nuisances. | 2003 | Magazine | Coastal Development | coastal-development |
| Of Sand and Sea: Teachings From the Southeastern Shoreline | This book answers questions about the ocean – how it was formed and what lives in it. The book contains a comprehensive explanation of ocean zones, plate tectonics, the hydrologic cycle, and the physical and chemical properties of the ocean. | 2002 | Book | Coastal Development, Coastal Ecology, Education, Geology, Marine Debris, Salt Marshes | coastal-development coastal-ecology education geology marine-debris salt-marshes |
| Coastal Heritage – The Freeway City | The South—where sprawl is king and where spread-out growth accelerates faster and farther than anywhere else. | 2002 | Magazine | Coastal Development | coastal-development |
| Coastal Heritage – Rise and Fall and Rise: South Carolina’s Maritime History | South Carolina’s maritime trade has ridden spectacular heights and plumbed poverty-stricken depths. | 2002 | Magazine | Fisheries | fisheries |
| Coastal Heritage – Floyd Follies: What We’ve Learned | Hurricane Floyd triggered an evacuation fiasco across four southeastern states. Can we do better next time? | 2002 | Magazine | Hurricanes | hurricanes |
| 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? | 2002 | Magazine | ||
| 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. | 2001 | Magazine | Invasive Species | invasive-species |
| 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. | 2001 | Magazine | Coastal Development | coastal-development |
| 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. | 2001 | Magazine | Aquaculture/Mariculture | aquaculture-mariculture |
| 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. | 2001 | Magazine | History | history |
| Coastal Heritage – The Salty Dogs | Would you notice if South Carolina’s commercial fishermen disappeared? | 2000 | Magazine | Fisheries | fisheries |
| 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. | 2000 | Magazine | Coastal Development, Community Planning | coastal-development community-planning |
| 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. | 2000 | Magazine | Coastal Development | coastal-development |
| Coastal Heritage – Living Soul of Gullah | Created by Africa and Europe, by slavery and isolation, the Gullah culture is fading into the modern world. | 2000 | Magazine | History | history |
| Land Use – Coastal Ecosystem Study (LU-CES) The State of Knowledge on Issues Pertinent to the Program Mission: A Synthesis | The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium coordinated a comprehensive effort to study the potential impact of development in coastal South Carolina, a five-year effort funded by the NOAA Coastal Ocean Program starting in 2001. The South Atlantic Bight Land Use-Coastal Ecosystem Study focused on ecological processes in salt marsh-tidal creek ecosystems in Beaufort County. | 1999 | Report | Coastal Ecology, Coastal Ecosystems, Salt Marshes | coastal-ecology coastal-ecosystems salt-marshes |
| Coastal Heritage – Reviving Eden | Ecological restoration reflects the American spirit—our constant utopian desire to rehabilitate the world. Are ecological restorers bringing back long-lost landscapes—or creating an artificial, costly “nature”? | 1999 | Magazine | Coastal Ecology | coastal-ecology |
| Coastal Heritage – Riches to Ruin: Pharaohs of the New World | Reigning over the Lowcountry for almost two centuries, rice planters created the South Carolina coast’s distinctive culture and its most enduring conflicts. | 1999 | Magazine | History | history |
| Coastal Heritage – Storm Front | Government programs have helped reduce the public’s vulnerability to hurricanes. Now citizens must take steps to protect themselves before giant storms strike. | 1999 | Magazine | Hurricanes | hurricanes |
| Coastal Heritage – Nature’s Lessons: A Closer Look | A growing number of schoolchildren are learning important lessons about complex controversies such as global warming and acid rain, educators say, and the real problem is that children are being used as pawns in political conflicts. | 1999 | Magazine | Education | education |
| Coastal Heritage – You Are Here: New Horizons for Geography | In recent years, researchers have described the importance of geography in our daily lives. Where we live, geographers say, profoundly affects how we live. Now a growing number of government planners are using new geographic tools to manage development, conserve natural resources, and protect lives and property during hurricanes and other natural disasters. | 1998 | Magazine | Technology | technology |
| Coastal Heritage – Pfiesteria Hysteria: Just When You Thought It Was Safe | Over the past two decades, scientists have discovered dozens of new species of nuisance algae that raise havoc around the world, killing huge numbers of fish and causing human illnesses. The most famous new species is Pfiesteria piscicida, found in estuaries from Delaware to Florida. Although Pfiesteria is often described as a bizarre, freakish phenomenon, it is just one small part of an international problem. | 1998 | Magazine | Health | health |
| Coastal Heritage – Early Europeans in America: Hurricanes Steer the Course of History | Since Europeans began settling North America, hurricanes have altered the course of history. Hurricanes helped determine which nations would settle the Atlantic coast and where they would build the first colonial outposts. From the Chesapeake Bay to the Carolinas to Florida, the dreams of explorers and colonialists were often capsized by giant storms, which created long-lasting impacts on our heritage. | 1998 | Magazine | History, Hurricanes | history hurricanes |
| Handbook of Relative Acute Toxicity Values for Crayfish | This booklet assists the crayfish farmer in determining chemical toxicity values. It contains a detailed chart of the acute toxicity values for crayfish for a variety of common chemicals. | 1996 | Guidebook | Aquaculture/Mariculture | aquaculture-mariculture |
| 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. | 1987 | Report | Coastal Development, Coastal Ecology, Low Impact Development | coastal-development coastal-ecology low-impact-development |
| Sea Sampler Activity Book (Elementary) | Shortly after its creation in 1980, S.C. Sea Grant Consortium began supporting an effort to bolster K-12 marine education. A long process led to the publication in 1985 of “Sea Sampler: Aquatic Activities for the Field and Classroom,” edited by Wendy Beard Allen and Patty Owens McLaughlin. The science in these publications still holds up, even if some activities might no longer match updated grade-level state education standards. | 1985 | Curriculum | Coastal Ecology, Education | coastal-ecology education |
| Sea Sampler Activity Book (Secondary) | Shortly after its creation in 1980, S.C. Sea Grant Consortium began supporting an effort to bolster K-12 marine education. A long process led to the publication in 1985 of “Sea Sampler: Aquatic Activities for the Field and Classroom,” edited by Wendy Beard Allen and Patty Owens McLaughlin. The science in these publications still holds up, even if some activities might no longer match updated grade-level state education standards. | 1985 | Curriculum | Coastal Ecology, Education | coastal-ecology education |
| Sea Level Rise In Charleston, Text of Remarks by John S. Hoffman of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium sponsored a workshop on sea level rise in Charleston on February 21, 1984. The keynote remarks by John S. Hoffman, director of strategic studies for the Environmental Protection Agency, presaged the current tidal flooding concerns for the Charleston region. | 1984 | Keynote | Sea Level Rise | sea-level-rise |
| A History of Storms on the South Carolina Coast | Among the first projects funded by the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium in 1980 was a history of hurricanes that had impacted South Carolina. Laylon Wayne Jordan, with assistance from Robert Dukes Jr. and Ted Rosengarten, compiled this extensive document, complete with track charts and newspaper accounts for the major storms. | 1980 | Report | History, Hurricanes | history hurricanes |