Loggerhead Turtle News

With a few minor edits, Gary McGraw reports…
He took the ‘red eye’ from the West Coast Monday and walked the full beach on Tuesday.
1.  Hurricane Fay did extensive damage, including contributing another 20 feet of [Gary's] boardwalk to the sea and knocking out [Gary's] phone/computer system.  Most dune erosion is south of Osprey Walk.
Over the [...]

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Keeping Alligators and People Safe while Shrimping and Crabbing

Here’s some great information from Dewees’s Director of Environmental Programs:
Alligators
Please keep in mind the following information when using the crab dock.

Use only fish or fish heads for crab bait.  It works just as well, (or better) than chicken.  Because chicken is an unusual smell in the impoundment, alligators are apt to be even [...]

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Dewees History

Check out Bubber’s excellent history lesson about Wally Yost’s family’s connection to the Revolutionary War and Dewees.
The story makes me wonder what other connections we can dig up.  Does anyone know who was stationed on Dewees to man the Submarine lookout tower during World War II?  Is anyone on Dewees related to those stationed on [...]

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Photos from Africa from the Anderson’s Family Trip

Check out the incredible pictures of Africa taken by Tom Jenkins.  Tom is Jim and Anne’s son-in-law and visits Dewees regularly.

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Photos of Nest 1 Inventory on Dewees

Here are some photos taken by Steven Fox from the UK.  Steven and his wife Jenny are very old friends of the Nutters (Lot 75).

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Places to visit from Dewees

Here’s a list of day trips you might take kids on when you’re visiting Dewees.

Racoon Key via motorboat — it’s a long trip, but well worth it
Capers via kayak
The Yorktown aircraft carrier
Take a sailing class at OSAsailing.com
Isle of Palms dog park
Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island
Pitt Street Pharmacy in the Old Village of Mt. Pleasant — [...]

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Things to do on Dewees

I just found a list I made for some kids that visited us this summer on Dewees.  It’s a quick list of things to do on the island.

Fish at Six Pipes
Swim at the beach
Swim at the pool
Shrimping
Crabbing
Fishing at the Ferry Dock (very different from Six Pipes, good place to catch sheepshead)
Sundowners at Big Bend Dock
Play [...]

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Waterkeepers of Charleston

A friend of mine is working starting Waterkeepers of Charleston (a Proposed member of Waterkeeper Alliance).  Cyrus Buffum is in the midst of establishing a non-profit organization here in Charleston and is applying for the organization to be accepted into the Waterkeeper Alliance.  Below you will find his executive summary.  Cyrus’s email is listed at [...]

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Banana Spiders

Banana Spiders are everywhere on Dewees.  We found this one at the edge of the woods along Old House Lane. Ever wonder why most humans hate certain creatures that are so helpful to us — such as spiders (they eat mosquitoes and other bugs) and snakes (they eat rats, mice, and other pests)?

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Welcome to Dewees Movie

Check out this new movie about Dewees created by filmmaker Judy Drew Fairchild.
You may have to click the triangular play button to see the movie.

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