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 (2)
See all- Wildland Fire in South Carolina: Fire Suppression and Prescribed FireRita Liddy Hollings Science Center - College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 7 pm
Sierra Club presents
Darryl Jones, Forest Protection Chief, South Carolina Forestry Commission
Wildland Fire in South Carolina: Fire Suppression and Prescribed Fire
Rita Hollings Science Center Auditorium, College of Charleston
58 Coming Street, corner of George, Charleston SC 29401
Free and open to the public. Also on Zoom, please register here.
During this presentation, Darryl will provide some data about wildfire activity in our state, the increasing wildland-urban interface, and fuel conditions. He will also share information about fuels management, prescribed fire, and how communities at risk can become more prepared to live with wildland fire.
Darryl Jones is the Forest Protection Chief for the South Carolina Forestry Commission. His responsibilities include oversight of wildfire suppression, wildfire prevention, emergency response, law enforcement, training and safety, and administration of South Carolina’s Certified Prescribed Fire Manager, Smoke Management, and prescribed burning programs. Darryl is a Wildland Firefighter, Certified Prescribed Fire Manager, and a Registered Forester, as well as a past president and current steering committee member of the SC Prescribed Fire Council. He holds a B.S. degree in Forest Resource Management from Clemson University. His interest in prescribed fire began at age 6, when he helped his grandfather conduct a burn on the family farm.
https://www.sierraclub.org/south-carolina/robert-lunz - Marsh Cleanup along Pitt Street Bridge ParkOcean Walk at Pitt Street Bridge Park, Mount Pleasant, SC
Join us for a lovely morning in the marsh along the Ocean Walk at Pitt Street Bridge Park, to pick up any trash stuck within the marsh grasses. These clean up efforts will prevent debris and microplastics from entering out waterways and ocean.
Trash bags, reusable gloves, and grabbers will be provided.
Parking is available along Pitt Street. We will meet at the beginning of the Ocean Walk at Pitt Street Bridge Park, near the kayak launch.
Bring: Water, sun protection, closed toed shoes, and clothes you don't mind getting dirty
PLEASE REGISTER AND SIGN THE WAIVER HERE:
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po0000144LnvIAE
