Center For Birds of Prey. Awendaw, SC- GoPro edition
Look up with the Center for Birds of Prey
For more than 25 years the Avian Conservation Center has worked to identify and address vital environmental issues through avian medicine, research, education programs, and conservation initiatives. The Center has three primary operating departments that work together to support this goal: the Center for Birds of Prey, the Avian Medical Clinic, and the South Carolina Oiled Bird Treatment Facility.
The Center is located just 16 miles north of downtown Charleston in Awendaw, which is part of the Bulls Bay Historic Passage, a relatively undeveloped and pristine natural area that includes parts of Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge and Francis Marion State Forest. The Center’s large public facility, aptly named Wingswood, allows visitors the opportunity to experience birds of prey in a natural setting and to learn more about avian science and environmental conservation. Visit and discover the life of raptors through guided walking tours, natural history discussions, and captivating flight demonstrations. The Center’s public facility is open on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays allowing visitors access to one of the nation’s largest and most diverse collections of live birds of prey including eagles, owls, falcons, and more!
South Carolinians Rescuing Birds of Prey
Rowland Alston visits The Avian Conservation Center. It's the Center for the Birds of Prey in Awendaw, South Carolina.
Birds of Prey SC
Birds of Prey in Charleston, SC has a variety of raptors on display and demonstrating. The owls and falcons are very interesting. The burrowing owl is a real performer. All the animals are either born in captivity or recovering from injuries.
How are bald eagles in South Carolina ingesting lead?
Tests on bald eagles being treated for other injuries at The Center for Birds of Prey in Awendaw show high levels of lead.
PCF Awendaw Passage Hike - Sunday, December 18, 2011
This was a hike sponsored by the Palmetto Conservation Foundation (PCF). It started at the southernmost trailhead for the Awendaw Passage of the Palmetto Trail. It started at Buck Hall Recreation Area in McClellansville, SC. It was an 8.5 mile hike up and back hike to the canoe --Put-In at Rosa Green Rd. This hike was lead by Christopher Burnette A.K.A. (XtremeKatfishn). The weather was perfect and the scenery was spectacular. I would like to thank those that participated. Enjoy!!
Celebrate The Season Check Presentations
he 2014 Celebrate The Season, supported by 51 local businesses and organizations, raised $112,544.29 for charities serving Berkeley County and the tri-county area.
The total includes sponsorships, gate returns during the month-long festival and holiday lights driving tour, and additional proceeds from the second annual Tinsel Trot fun run.
Celebrate The Season is the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks to the tremendous support from our community, our volunteers, and our sponsors, since 2011 we've raised over $409,000 for charities serving our community, said Santee Cooper President and CEO Lonnie Carter. Santee Cooper is happy to again support the Coastal Community Foundation and its Giving Back to Berkeley Fund, which will ensure this year's gift helps achieve long-term and lasting good for our neighbors in need.
Santee Cooper donated $81,392.91 in festival proceeds to the Coastal Community Foundation's Giving Back to Berkeley Fund. A second donation, of $15,000, went to the Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center.
Santee Cooper is title sponsor and organizer for Celebrate The Season and Tinsel Trot, which are held annually at the utility's Moncks Corner headquarters and its adjacent Old Santee Canal Park. Berkeley Electric Cooperative is the presenting sponsor of Celebrate The Season.
Santee Cooper and Berkeley Electric Cooperative are connecting us in new ways. Going to Celebrate The Season is fun but also a meaningful way to support the year-round good work of local charities. Making the connections that allow our community to prosper is what Santee Cooper does, said Coastal Community Foundation President and CEO George Stevens.
It's great to be a part of a holiday festival display and community event that rivals none, said Dwayne Cartwright, Berkeley Electric Cooperative president and CEO. It provides our employees an opportunity to give back to the community.
Along with Berkeley Electric Cooperative, major sponsors Berkeley County, Goodwill Industries, and Home Telecom each received $4,037.79 to give to charities of their choosing: Berkeley Citizens Inc., Berkeley County Family YMCA, Callen-Lacey Center for Children, Goodwill Industries of Lower South Carolina VETS Program, Home Community Fund, and Helping Hands of Goose Creek.
In addition to Celebrate The Season's focus on charity fundraising, the event is also distinguished by its commitment to the environment by exclusively using energy-efficient LED bulbs in the displays lining the driving route, and powering the entire festival with renewable Green Power from Santee Cooper.
Santee Cooper 2015 Environmental Fair
The inaugural Santee Cooper Environmental Fair on April 15 brought together Santee Cooper’s environmentally focused internal departments, along with external vendors that ran the gamut from fresh fruits and vegetables to the state Department of Natural Resources to used tire recycling.
Internally, Santee Cooper has departments and dedicated employees and management who lend expertise to air and water quality, waste management, mosquito control, forest management, the Give Oil for Energy Recovery or GOFER used motor oil recycling program to Investment Recovery. That’s just naming a few.
A fire truck, disguised as a food truck, or the other way around, provided hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch and there were lots of giveaways from vendors and fun and games.
The three-hour event drew nearly 300 at the corporate headquarters and included a flight demonstration from the Birds of Prey Center in Awendaw that wowed the crowds.
Santee Cooper has always been mindful of its environmental responsibility and today’s Environmental Fair shared that commitment with all employees, who came away with a better understanding just how serious that commitment is.