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SeaPak donated $10,000 to save the Morris Island Lighthouse — and you can help, too
Can you imagine looking out beyond Folly’s shores and not seeing the Morris Island Lighthouse? The historic beacon…
Plastic Pollution Threatens Turtle Population
It’s always a treat here in the Lowcountry when you become part of the privileged few who get…
Shark Fishing Ban off Folly Pier
All along the Folly Beach pier there are signs warning people that fishing for sharks is banned. These…
Folly Turtles
This time of the year represents the end of sea turtle hatching season. Female turtles come ashore during…
Watching the Sea Turtles
Loggerhead sea turtles always return to the same beach where they were born to lay their own eggs,…
Manatee Visit the Folly River
Warm weather greeted Folly Beach the morning of April 30th as I headed down to the marina to…
Folly’s Turtles
Every summer thousands of families make their way to Folly Beach for fun-filled days on the beach. But…
Are There Sharks Here?
“Are there any sharks here?”. I hear this question often from pre-teens, and increasingly as summer swimming season…
Morris Island Lighthouse
What was once a beacon to ships out to sea now juts out of the Atlantic Ocean as…