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Coastal SC Environmental & Conservation Organizations

• Audubon Society
  –  Charleston Audubon Society
  –  Hilton Head Audubon Society
  –  Waccamaw Audubon Society
  
• Awendaw Community Action Group - working to maintain Awendaw’s rural characteristics
  
  
• Belle W. Baruch Foundation - manages Hobcaw Barony, 17,500-acre wildlife refuge in Georgetown County
  
• Beaufort County Open Land Trust
  
  
• Cape Romain Bird Observatory
• Center for Birds of Prey - Charleston
• Charleston Earth Force - Lowcountry Youth in Action
• Charleston Parks Conservancy - working to perserve the city's parks
  –  Park Angels of Charleston - volunteer to help the parks
  
• Charleston Peace - environmental and social activism group
• Coastal Conservation Association South Carolina
• Coastal Conservation League
  –  Bubba's No Fool - opposes development of massive nuclear waste dump in South Carolina
  –  Global Warming Guy - a lighthearted video looks at the serious issue of global climate change
  –  New Way to Work - presents alternatives to the expansion of I-526
  –  SC Says NO - fighting against Santee Cooper's proposed Pee Dee coal plant
• CoastMatters - Georgetown and Horry counties conservation group
• Concerned Citizens of the Sea Islands - against expansion of I-526
  
• Contain the Port - local and statewide alliance opposing the State Port Authority's proposed marine cargo terminal on Daniel Island
  
  
• Deedee Paschal Barrier Island Trust
  
  
• Edisto Island Freecycle - recycle bulletin board for free items
  
• Edisto Island Open Land Trust
• Edisto Island Preservation Alliance
• Edisto River Canoe & Kayak Trail Commission

• Folly Beach Turtle Watch Program
• Friends of Hunting Island State Park
• Friends of the Edisto - FRED - Edisto River Basin
• Friends of the Lowcountry - coalition of business and environmental groups raising awareness of the effects of global warming on SC
  
• Friends of the Rivers

• Go Green Charleston - learn how to lessen your impact on the environment
  –  Local recycling locations - click red pin for details
  
• Green Drinks Charleston - monthly social gatherings for those interested in meeting other environmentally-friendly people
  –  Carrotmob Charleston - event to support socially responsible businesses
  
• Greenbelt Education Project - Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester
  

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

• IRE / Islanders for Responsible Expansion - James Island - grassroots environmetal watchdog group - sign up for email updates
  
• Island Turtle Team - Isle of Palms

• Keep Charleston Beautiful
• Keep North Charleston Beautiful
• Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy
• Kiawah Island Turtle Patrol

• Long Island - preserving this inland estuary marsh island between Folly Beach and James Island
  
• Lowcountry Earth Force - Charleston - engages youth to improve their environment and communities
  
• Lowcountry Environmental Education Programs - Charleston - teaching about the environment through experiential learning
  
• Lowcountry Estuarium - Port Royal
• LowCountry Institute - educates on importance of conservation around Port Royal Sound, considered to be a unique environment with special water and land quality issues
  
• Lowcountry Open Land Trust

• Morris Island Coalition
• Mount Pleasant Open Space Foundation

• Nemours Wildlife Foundation - Beaufort
• North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Georgetown
  

• Ridgeland Freecycle - recycle bulletin board for free items
  

• Save the Angel Oak - Johns Island - working to save the forest around the Angel Oak Tree from development
  
• Save Pinckney Colony - Beaufort - working to prevent large-scale development
  
• SEWEE Association - Mount Pleasant - South Eastern Wildlife and Environment Education Association - works to preserve National Wildlife Refuges and National Forests and provide education programs
  
• Slow Food Charleston - promoting local cuisine, organic foods
  
• South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
  –  Bubba's No Fool - opposes development of massive nuclear waste dump in South Carolina
  –  Global Warming Guy - a lighthearted video looks at the serious issue of global climate change
  –  New Way to Work - presents alternatives to the expansion of I-526
  –  SC Says NO - fighting against Santee Cooper's proposed Pee Dee coal plant
• 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
• Sustainability Institute - North 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
  
• Support Smart Growth - citizens for responsible growth in Northern Beaufort County
  

• Waccamaw Riverkeeper Program - Winyah Rivers Foundation