

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...


Rising Tides
A friend of mine who lives in Charleston, South Carolina wrote me in mid-November that: "This week, we have tides of over 7 feet (for...


More Georgia Outdoors Episodes
Recent blog posts have featured three more video episodes produced by Georgia Outdoors, and hosted by Sharon Collins. All are well worth...


St. Catherines Island
The Georgia coast has sites of historical, as well as natural, interest. St. Catherines Island, just north of Sapelo Island, and about 50...


Lionfish: Beautiful, but Deadly, Invaders
Lionfish are strikingly gorgeous tropical reef fish, striped pink, red, silver and black with graceful frills decorating their fins. But...


The Day of the…Sargassum Weed?
In the classic 1951 sci-fi novel The Day of the Triffids, made into a 1962 film, a strange meteor shower renders everyone who watches it...


Marshes of Glynn
Not many landscapes have had a famous poem dedicated to them. One such, of course, are the Golden Isles of the Georgia coast: sea islands...


Georgia Outdoor Episodes
The PBS show Georgia Outdoors, produced and hosted by veteran reporter Sharon Collins, has wonderful episodes on coastal wildlife and...


Mossy Oaks
As I wrote in 'Marsh Mud and Mummichogs', the best-loved coastal tree is the live oak, Quercus virginiana. The low spreading branches,...