Table of Contents
EYES UP
6
8
Kiawah Songbirds
by the Month
By Aaron Given
12
Walking in a
Winter Wonderland
Story and photos
by Tina Schell
14
The Southern Live Oak
By Jane Iwan
FACING
FORWARD
16
18
24
The Maritime Forest
By David Whitaker
The Maritime Forest:
The Beauties and the Beasts
Story and photos
by Jane Ellis
28
Natives vs. Aliens:
It’s a War Out There
Story and photos
by Sue Corcoran
30
Raccoons:
Our Backyard Bandits
By Christine Sudell
32
36
All About Kiawah’s Deer
By Jim Jordan
Sea Level Rise
Story and photos
by Jack Kotz
40
42
44
46
2
Background photo by Sylvia Bacon
Special Islands
By Francis Boyd
Spot Check
By Pamela Cohen
Likin’ Lichen
By Pamela Cohen
The Many Trees of the
Maritime Forest
By Leila Gable
AT YOUR
FEET
48
50
52
Kiawah’s Pond System
By Matt Hill
What Reptiles and
Amphibians are Hiding
in Kiawah Island’s
Maritime Forest?
By Whit Gibbons
56
How Kiawah Stays
in Balance
Story by Christopher
Widuch; photos by
Pamela Cohen
58
60
A Closer Look
By Jacob Zadik
Preserving More Than
an Entrance
By Justin Core
62
Land Trust Accreditation:
Ensuring the Promise
of Perpetuity
By Justin Core
The wood stork on the cover was captured by
Tina Schell.