by lizzi | Jun 25, 2021 | News & Updates, Newsletter Vol. 10
By Dorinda Dallmeyer We may give a name to an island but we are defined by the imprint it leaves on us. Humans have been part of the Ossabaw landscape for over 5,000 years. As they did on many other Georgia barrier islands, native peoples left behind evidence of their...
by lizzi | Jun 25, 2021 | News & Updates, Newsletter Vol. 10
By Abby Sterling, Ph.D. Director of Manomet’s Georgia Bight Shorebird Conservation Initiative As you make your way to Ossabaw Island through winding tidal creeks, you pass shell rakes lining the marshes and sand bars and mudflats that are exposed at lower tides....
by lizzi | Jun 25, 2021 | Donor Profiles, Newsletter Vol. 10
By Burch Barger When Bill Dickinson visited Ossabaw Island for the first time in 2012, two things struck him: the island’s unspoiled beauty, and the relatively low bid at the annual pig roast auction that won a naturalist-guided weekend. Bill promised himself that the...
by lizzi | Jun 25, 2021 | News & Updates, Newsletter Vol. 10
By Burch Barger From St. Simons to Brunswick to Townsend to Darien, Stewards have gathered this year in beautiful, conserved places along the Georgia coast to learn and explore together. Highlights of our four field trips, described below, included ideal weather,...
by lizzi | Jun 25, 2021 | News & Updates, Newsletter Vol. 10
By Burch Barger As you may recall, Stewards and the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation successfully collaborated in 2017 to “crowdfund” the $10,000 purchase of a Kawasaki mule UTV and related equipment for Georgia DNR’s Wildlife Conservation Section to use on...
