Geechee Culture on Sapelo Island
We were saddened to hear about the passing of Cornelia Bailey, author and enthusiastic promoter of Geechee culture on the Georgia coast,...
The Golden Isles
Georgia Outdoors has a new video on the Georgia sea islands - check it out: 'Georgia’s golden coast was named for its beautiful saltwater...
Coastal 'Fleas' and 'Roaches'
If you turn over a mass of cordgrass stems washed up on the beach, bunches of flea-sized bugs will start hopping madly about. Poke around...
Secretive Marsh Birds
It’s a good thing birders are able to identify species that they hear, but can't locate. Coastal birds whose home is in the salt marsh...
Periwinkle Snails
The white shells of the marsh periwinkle snail, Littoraria irrorata, are hard to miss on marsh sediments in winter and on the stems of...
Oysters: Food and Fortress
The most abundant bivalve in southern estuaries is the American, or eastern, oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Its gray shell is easily...