What we’re about
This group is Sierra Club outreach to the community. Our mission is "To explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth". We get you out there. We hike. We bike. We canoe. We kayak. AND We lobby. For our outings, we suggest that participants donate $5/person. This is a voluntary contribution not a requirement for participation. The funds go to the general treasury of the Robert Lunz Group, not to the Trip Leader. Contributions are for the outings and not Membership Meetings.You can sign up for our monthly electronic newsletter on the group website at https://www.sierraclub.org/south-carolina/robert-lunz
Land Acknowledgement
We want to acknowledge that we, the Robert Lunz Group of the Sierra Club (Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton and Dorchester Counties), work and live on lands once belonging to more than a dozen distinct groups of Native Americans whose existence is now evident in the familiar place names including: Ashepoo, Awendaw/Sewee, Bohicket, Catawba, Combahee, Coosa, Edisto, Etiwan, Kiawah, PeeDee, Shem (named by Sewee Tribe), Stono, Wando, Wappoo, Wassamasaw and Winyah. Disease, warfare and displacement led to the extinction of most of these groups by the middle of the eighteenth century. Shell mound evidence indicates that Native Americans were present in the lowcountry as long as 4,000 years ago. Their presence has continued to the present day including the Catawba, PeeDee, Wassamasaw, Edisto and Winyah tribes. The Wassamasaw have applied for Federal recognition. The Catawba Nation is the only Federally recognized tribe in South Carolina. A Native American Ceremonial Center is located in the Charles Towne Landing State Historic Park.
Sources
https://native-land.ca/.
https://www.sciway.net/hist/indians/geo.html
https://www.ccpl.org/charleston-time-machine/first-people-south-carolina-lowcountry
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Upcoming events (3)
See all- Canoe/kayak trip on Wambaw Creek.Wambaw Creek Still Landing, McClellanville, SC
Note that this trip is on-the-water. You will need to supply your own canoe or kayak plus paddle and PFD. This is NOT a float trip.
The OFFICIAL registration link is the URL below.https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=7013q000001rVv3AAE
The trip is limited to 20 and you are not registered UNLESS you use the above link.
Bill Turner is the trip Leader wm.turner54@gmail.com
Apr. 27: Canoe/kayak trip on Wambaw Creek. Wambaw is a Federally designated wilderness area within the Frances Marion National Forest. We'll paddle from Still Landing to historic Hampton Plantation State Park, and maybe explore an old rice canal or two along the way. A great example of a swamp forest, formerly cleared and diked for rice cultivation in the 18th and 19th centuries, now reverted back to its original state.
The 8:30 start time is the rendezvous time in Mt Pleasant.
Event listed in Lowcountry EarthWeek April 22-28
- Oyster Reef BuildNeeds location
**Revised Date and Time**
This event has changed from May 17 to June 7 (1:30-4:30pm) due to the water height at low tide. The predicted water height at low tide on May 17 turned out to be too high.Let's help SCDNR build additional oyster reef habitat, supporting our wild oyster populations and protecting shorelines. We will take the bags of recycled oyster shell out to the shoreline in our salt marshes to build the actual oyster reefs. Oyster reefs are keystone species that play an important role in supporting our ecosystem. One adult oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water in a day, helping keep our waterways clean. Oyster reefs provide valuable habitat and also protect shorelines from the effects of waves, floods, and tides.
These events are a lot of fun but they are also very physically involved. Moving bags of shell in the summer heat in pluff mud can be challenging for some but we will make sure everyone is safe and well. Open to ages 12 and up.
These events are held at sites all up and down the South Carolina coast so the location is yet to be determined. More details to follow.
Bring: Water, close-toed shoes, sun protection, and clothes you don't mind getting dirty/wet.
More information on the South Carolina's Oyster Recycling Enhancement (SCORE) Program:
https://score.dnr.sc.gov/deep63cf.htmlPlease use this link to RSVP and sign our waiver:
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=7013q000002HfckAAC(Photo is from the SCDNR and one of their past events)
