Backpacking has a way of getting people talking about serious things in an ordinary way and talking about ordinary things in a serious way. Conversation on the trail wavered between questions like, “Did you really […]
Backpacking has a way of getting people talking about serious things in an ordinary way and talking about ordinary things in a serious way. Conversation on the trail wavered between questions like, “Did you really […]
The scent of smoking pine needles clouds Kelley and Rich Luikey, a pair of new beekeepers in Port Royal. It’s time to open the lid of their new honeybee hive. Joining them is Camp Arnold, […]
Every year, more than 1,100 South Carolinians commit their summers to protecting and monitoring the nesting activity of sea turtles on our beaches from May to October. Of them, 16 dedicated volunteers truly go above […]
Here’s one thing that everyone in Beaufort has more of than anyone in New York City: a wealth of access to pristine nature. Here’s one thing (maybe the only thing) that everyone in Beaufort has […]
Four souls embark on the Quicksilver Cup Race from Charleston to Port Royal aboard Fantasia, a 33-foot double-ender sailboat with three crimson sails. Port to port, this journey is roughly 90 miles (80 nm) and […]
First of three parts. EAST LAKE — While the ocean is knocking at the front door of some beachfront homes and hotels in North Carolina, the forests across the Albemarle and Pamlico sounds are retreating […]
Second of three parts. Saltwater is creeping farther inland into the soil and surface waters of North Carolina’s coastal plain. This “saltwater intrusion,” as scientists call it, has an ability to transform freshwater landscapes long […]
Last of three parts. As saltwater moves increasingly farther into North Carolina’s coastal plain, there will be changes to the landscape that we can see, like dead-standing trees, and many that we cannot. The quality […]
Tony Morris pulled up and docked his green boat by the open-air seafood market in Surf City. The commercial fisherman was getting ready to go to work offshore catching grouper, just as he has for […]
WILMINGTON — The wind blew ferociously on the second floor of the Southport-Fort Fisher ferry where two young men working onboard stood side by side in khaki uniforms wearing dark sunglasses. Coby Benson and Chris […]