📢📢 JOB OPPORTUNITY: We're expanding our land protection team! This person will work out of our Mt. Pleasant office to take care of our public preserves and conservation easement lands. Starting pay range is $45k+. Sound like you? Apply today at nature.ly/3wAeqjW!

Our 4th oyster reef build this spring may have gotten rained out, but it was still a great day to talk about living shorelines! Thanks to Tony Kukulich from The Post and Courier for joining us in Beaufort and a great writeup about this project: nature.ly/3UQjwk5

Biggest thanks to We Are Boeing SC for volunteering to mark our federally endangered red-cockaded woodpecker nests at our Sandy Island Preserve! The lines painted around nesting trees help us track the population and show our fire crews which trees to avoid during controlled burns.

Botany Bay sunrise. Just because. 📷: Nicholas Summers/TNC Photo Contest 2023

Species Spotlight: May through July is the time to spot swallow-tailed kites in S.C. These striking birds return to the same nesting areas each year to feast on insects and raise their chicks. Find out how you’re helping them >> nature.ly/3Vgay0V 📷: Mac Stone

Home of the free because of the brave. Thank you to those who have given their lives to service and to the families who supported them. 📷: Phil Green/TNC

📢📢 JOB OPPORTUNITY: We're hiring a resilience program manager! This person will work out of our Mt. Pleasant office to manage nature-based resilience projects and help local communities. Starting pay range is $60-$70k. Sound like you? Apply today at nature.ly/4bFh4nB!

Hey, Jasper Co. friends! You may receive a phone call with an invitation to a LIVE town hall tomorrow evening. This is your chance to weigh in on community parks, growth and quality of life in Jasper County. Register and share with family and friends! nature.ly/3VaFZby

📢📢 JOB OPPORTUNITY: We're hiring an associate director of philanthropy! This person will manage a portfolio of 75 - 125 of our most dedicated supporters. Starting pay range is $75 - $82k. Sound like you? Apply today at nature.org/careers!

Thank you, Jasper County friends! We had an amazing turn out of more than 1,000 people for Tuesday evening's tele-town hall to discuss local growth, parks and more. It's great to be part of such an active and caring community. 💚

We were thrilled to take part in yesterday's dedication ceremony to add 283 acres to Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve, tripling its size! The Nature Conservancy purchased the acres in 2022 and held them until @scdnr could take ownership. 📷: TNC Staff and Bill Robertson

#OnThisDay in 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX to read Order No. 3, which affirmed the end of slavery in the states of the former Confederacy. This momentous occasion has been celebrated as #Juneteenth — a combination of “June” & “19th” — for over 150 years.

Happy Juneteenth!

📢📢 JOB OPPORTUNITY: We're hiring a philanthropy operations manager out of our Mt. Pleasant office! This person will plan and manage events and be our fundraising database guru. Sound like you? Apply today at nature.org/careers!

June is Ocean Month! Find out how you’re making a difference in spectacular habitats off our shores: nature.ly/3RLeKDP 📷: Salome Barrot/TNC Photo Contest 2018

Crabber Tia Clark (@casualcrabbing) is bringing national attention to the state’s shoreline. Federal funding is ensuring that shoreline stays protected: nature.ly/3RPoqgu 📷: Tia Clark

We're officially in hurricane season, and our South Carolina coasts are at risk from storm surge and higher tides. Learn how a living shoreline is being built to protect Morgan Park in Georgetown, SC: nature.ly/45KxR6s

GREAT news! The Nature Conservancy has received $200M from the EPA to advance natural climate solutions across SC, NC, VA and MD. SC will receive $39M to improve 18,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forest across the state’s coastal plain. nature.ly/3LD45ri 📷: Joel Caldwell

Preserve closure alert! 📣📣 Helene has downed several dozen trees across the trails at our Nine Times Preserve near Pickens, S.C. For everyone's safety, the preserve is closed until they can be cleared. All our other preserves are open! nature.org/SCpreserves

Today is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay! Did you know that many songbirds migrate at night? Less developed (i.e. dark) places like S.C.’s ACE Basin are an oasis for nighttime travelers. The lack of light pollution helps them see celestial markers. 📷: Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren