Walter Edgar's Journal
Walter Edgar's Journal
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Community and Conservation - the History of South Caroliona's Coastal Conservation League
51 minutes Posted Jul 22, 2019 at 9:10 am.
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North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Aerial view of meandering tidal creeks and extensive pristine marshes in North Inlet Estuary. Vicinity of Georgetown, South Carolina.
(NOAA Photo Library [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr)

In their new book, A Wholly Admirable Thing (2018, Evening Post Books), Virginia and Dana Beach chronicle ten stories that showcase the rise of the Coastal Conservation League to one of the country’s most tenacious and innovative conservation groups. The book highlights transformational initiatives undertaken by the Conservation League over three decades in partnership with community activists up and down the South Carolina coast. Dana Beach joins Walter Edgar to talk about the history of the League and about his journey into the world of enviromental activism.

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