On August 11, 2020, on behalf of Winyah Rivers Alliance, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) sent a notice of intent to sue to Active Energy Renewable Power (AERP) for discharging industrial stormwater from its sawmill without having a permit required by the Clean Water Act. Within a week of receiving our notice letter, AERP […]
Ever since our nonprofit was founded in 2001, we have been engaging our community in litter cleanups, removing trash from our rivers and educating folks about the impacts of litter in our waterways…its negative effects on our wildlife, the pollution it causes, and the visual impacts of litter in our precious rivers. When we launched […]
Having just celebrated Arbor Day in South Carolina, we’re celebrating our southern forests! Note: Arbor Day SC was Friday, December 4th; Arbor Day NC is the first Friday after March 15th; National Arbor Day is on the last Friday in April. Our mission is to protect the land and water because protecting land protects clean […]
Together, we protect our rivers. We have active RIVERKEEPER® programs in the Waccamaw River watershed, since 2001, and in the Lumber River watershed, since 2018. And we have active projects in the other rivers of our greater Winyah Bay watershed. Read more here>> Next year, we celebrate 20 years defending the rivers and waters of […]
Congratulations to our 2018 Volunteer of the Year, Archie Biggs! We’re so honored to recognize Archie for his passion and commitment to our rivers and community. Read below to learn why Archie is “all in.” Archie is a longtime volunteer, in fact an original volunteer, with our Waccamaw River Volunteer Monitoring Program. Until recently, Archie […]
Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center For Release: November 2, 2020 Contact: Kathleen Sullivan, 919-945-7106 or ksullivan@selcnc.org Groups Challenge Trump Administration Rule Allowing More Toxic Wastewater from Coal Plants CHAPEL HILL, N.C.- Representing groups from communities near and downstream of coal plants in the Carolinas, the Southern Environmental Law Center today challenged the […]
The Waccamaw Riverkeeper, in partnership with the Waccamaw Watershed Academy, is hosting the Waccamaw Data Conference on Tuesday November 10th from 10am – 12pm. The public event will be going virtual this year as an interactive Zoom meeting. Anyone can join! Even if you cannot attend the meeting, we will be recording the data conference […]
Next week, Georgetown County will be hosting public meetings on future land use. Those interested are encouraged to attend as follows: October 19 – Pawleys Island/Litchfield specific October 20 – Murrells Inlet specific October 22 – Unincorporated Georgetown & surrounding areas All meetings will take place from 4 pm – 6:30 pm at the Howard […]
From your Lumber Riverkeeper, Jeff Currie On August 11, 2020, Winyah Rivers Alliance and the Southern Environmental Law Center sent a notice of intent to sue to Active Energy Renewable Power (AERP) for discharging industrial stormwater from the operating sawmill without having a permit required by the Clean Water Act. Within a week of receiving […]
A great article by Tommy Howard about our Rocky Point Community Forest property on the Black River was published by The Georgetown Times / The Post and Courier. Read the article here>> We’re in the process of determining the future vision for the property and, along with our partners and the Friends of Rocky Point, […]
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