The Center For Birds of Prey is dedicated to the study and welfare of birds and their habitats and to engaging the public.

Besides being a place for visitors to stop by and checkout the wildlife, The Center For Birds of Prey will serve a substantial portion of the East Coast in the event of an oil spill too.

Some resident birds

• Ural Owl
• Black Vultures
• Saker Falcon
• Red-tailed hawk

Allow at least two hours for a visit to learn about raptors, from eagles and falcons to hawks and owls. The center offers a 50-minute guided tour of the aviaries and a 40-minute flight demonstration. Visitors can wander the grounds after the tour and visit the Owl Wood with its collection of owls from around the world. Demonstrations and tours are canceled or delayed if there is inclement weather.

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Retiring chairman and president of Michelin N.A., Jim Micali, says the new Jasper County port is very important to the future of business throughout SC, giving us “a great competitive advantage”.

Companies throughout the state, and indeed the Southeast and beyond, depend on the future success of our coastal ports. With the raw materials they ship in, and the finished products they ship out, that competitive advantage will insure jobs for LowCountry dock workers and truckers far into the future - indeed as long as ships are able to pull up to our docks.

While international conglomerates BMW & Michelin benefit from our coastline while upstate, it’s a harder struggle for the shrimping industry and their boats here. They are gone long before dawn, combating higher fuel costs that increase their cost of business and take away from the success of their bottom-line. We need to help out local businesses too.

*Update: Environmental group admits errors in beach report, moving SC from 6th down 10 spots to the 16th state with the most contaminated beaches, still nothing for us to be proud of.

The latest findings from the Natural Resources Defense Council are not a welcome sight for us here in SC. DHEC has even accused the NRDC of using incomplete data in their findings, especially poignant now that SC’s Tourism Dept. has been catching a lot of flack over their recent overseas ad campaign.

Charleston Beach Water Rankings

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• 16 - South Carolina’s ranking
• 6% - Exceeded Percentage
• 2,991 - Total Samples
• 63 - All Reported Beaches
• 7 - Tier 1 Beaches
• 0 - % More Than Once/Wk
• Sometimes - Resample or Other info needed before action

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