Using a $6.8 million NOAA grant, the Nature Conservancy along with the Marines are building an artificial oyster reef to protect the shoreline of Laurel Bay.
Town officials in Port Royal, S.C., and a veterans group hope an unusual number for a speed limit sign 22 mph will raises awareness about the loss of these veterans and spark conversations about and solutions for the problem.
Last year, 2.2 million acres of southeast South Carolina was designated as a Sentinel Landscape as part of a DOD program to preserve land around military bases.