August Dark – A poem by Spring Island member, Gail Olson

My husband and I travel the world, but Spring Island is our home.  It is the most beautiful, special place I know.   As soon as we start across the causeway, I roll down the windows, smell the marsh, look at the beautiful tide, marvel at the egrets and herons.  Spring Island truly makes me feel [...]

Read more

Charlotte Members Celebrate Spring Island

On Monday, May 17, 2010, Spring Island members from the Charlotte area gathered at the home of members Bev and Jim Kothe. The event also included guests who were interested in learning more about Spring Island. And learn they did. Actually, we all did, as Chris Marsh shared a unique presentation reviewing the role of [...]

Read more

Visiting Artist “Knocked Out” by Spring Island

During her recent stay on Spring Island, Visiting Artist Annette Polan gave a Trust Talk to members and discussed her career as an educator and portrait painter and presented a slide show about her work with Faces of the Fallen and Capital Artports. 
When asked about her impression of Spring Island, Ms. Polan said, ”I was knocked out by [...]

Read more

Nature Note (Yellow-Bellied Slider Turtle)

As it continues to warm up this spring, keep your eyes open for these turtles in the golf course ponds. - Tony Mills, Director of Eduction, LCI/SIT
Yellow-Bellied Slider Turtle
As the turtle warmed its body in the afternoon sun, a golf ball came sizzling past it and stuck in the soft earthen bank beside it. After a [...]

Read more

A recent review of Old Tabby Links

Please click on the link below to read a recent review of Old Tabby Links on travelgolf.com:
http://www.travelgolf.com/articles/old-tabby-links-spring-island-south-carolina-11169.htm

Read more

Spring Island in the News

Spring Island was featured in a wonderful news story written by Lisa Allen in The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette on Friday, March 12, 2010.
Please click here for the full story: 
http://www.islandpacket.com/2010/03/12/1170841/tabby-ruins-at-spring-island-a.html#ixzz0iNE7aJCM
Allen, L. (2010, March 12). Tabby ruins at Spring Island a vivid reminder of cotton’s power in the South. The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette, p. 1A.

Read more

The Importance of Environmental Education

A couple years ago, I met this amazing kid. As I finished a lecture on wildlife for the local public library, a fourth grader named Isaac walked up and delivered a barrage of obscure, but to my knowledge, accurate facts about elephants, king cobras, anacondas, and other animals. I noticed that his information all related [...]

Read more

Bluebirds on Spring Island

It’s that time of year when we start thinking of bluebirds. As you know we monitor the bluebird boxes each week during the nesting season. The Island is divided into 8 trails of approximately 30 boxes per trail.
If you are willing to help monitor this year please let me know shortly so I can organize [...]

Read more

Gather round the TV and learn about Lowcountry nature, thanks to county show

 

 
 
By LAURA NAHMIAS
lnahmias@islandpacket.com
843-706-8169
Published Friday, January 22, 2010
 
Tony Mills stomps through the tall, wet grass toward a salt marsh on Spring Island, looking for mullet and other fish.

He hears a loud chirping call from a distance and says it’s the cry of an eagle. Just then, a pair of eagles emerge from the canopy of a [...]

Read more

Bridge on Spring Island

Playing bridge is a common pastime here, both the party game and the competitive, duplicate game. During with winter season, there are usually 3 or 4 tables on Tuesday afternoons (mixed) or Wednesday nights (Men only). The opportunity to play in the region is great, from neighboring Callawassie Island to Hilton Head. Hilton Head Island [...]

Read more

New Interactive Exhibit at the Nature Center

Please come to the Nature Center and check out our newest interactive exhibit! The exhibit, designed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is located in the library and features the sounds of animals of our region. The program explores the physics of the calls of birds, whales, amphibians, and more, includes facts and photos about [...]

Read more

Pleasant Hill Walk-up Hunting

Walk up hunters, John Folts and Bill Sullivan with flanking guide, Bo Mitchell

Recently, several of us have had the opportunity to do walk-up quail hunting with an excellent new guide at Pleasant Hill, Mr. Bo Mitchell, and the feedback has been very positive. If you have ever thought about experiencing the hunting opportunity at Pleasant [...]

Read more