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Welcome to the Waccamaw RIVERKEEPER® Program
of the Winyah Rivers Foundation
The mission of the Winyah Rivers Foundation is to protect, preserve, monitor, and revitalize the health of the lands and waters of the greater Winyah Bay watershed, focusing on local activism through the Waccamaw Riverkeeper® program.
We are a grassroots organization whose members support the mission of protecting the Waccamaw River and other rivers in the watershed. The Waccamaw Riverkeeper, Christine Ellis, is a paid advocate. She works to mobilize citizens to protect the river.
What's New in the Winyah Bay Watershed
Help Protect the Clean Water Act
A bill recently introduced by Senator Hardin from Maryland includes proposed amendments that will make an already difficult task - cleaning up our nation's vital waterways - that much more difficult. Here in the Carolinas, the Clean Water Act provides the tools necessary to protect our states' waterways. It has been effectively used to clean up waterways across the county and within our own state. It is an invaluable tool for water resource managers, including Winyah Rivers Foundation. Let your Senator and Representative know that we cannot afford to have the Clean Water Act weakened. Our waterways are depending on us. » Read More
Crabtree Swamp Stream Restoration
A paper summarizing a restoration project on Crabtree Swamp, a tributary of the Waccamaw River, in Conway, is now available. The paper, authored by David Fuss and Tom Garigen (Horry County Stormwater), Susan Libes (Coastal Carolina University) and Joe Dignam (City of Conway Stormwater), will be presented at the South Carolina Water Resources Conference (October 13-14 in Columbia). Click here for the paper.
Waccamaw RIVERKEEPER®, Christine Ellis | Center for Marine and Wetland Studies | Coastal Carolina University
1270 Atlantic Avenue | Conway, SC 29526 | (843) 349-4007 | WRK@coastal.edu
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