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On March 29, 2022, the Port Royal Sound Foundation (PRSF) received a grant from The Bargain Box of Hilton Head for operating support. This funding is critical as PRSF enhances educational programming – including increasing summer camp from four weeks to six weeks and...

The Port Royal Sound Foundation's first State of the Sound Symposium sponsored by Dominion Energy & The Spring Island Trust, was held on February 11, 2022. Moderated by Dr. Chris Marsh, 11 area experts from SC Department of Natural Resources and University of...

Okatie, SC - In 2021, the Port Royal Sound Foundation (PRSF) announced their first Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide grant money to researchers and organizations developing additional information or programs regarding the waters of the Port Royal Sound, the lands...

State of the Sound Symposium – Raising Awareness Through Research Okatie, SC – The Port Royal Sound Foundation is excited to announce the first State of the Sound Symposium, sponsored by Dominion Energy & The Spring Island Trust and moderated by Dr. Chris Marsh....

JUDGING BY THE FIRST WEEKS, FISHING SHOULD BE GOOD THIS YEAR Posted by Collins Doughtie | Jan 17, 2022 | 0  Watching an amazing show of right whales breaching off the coast of South Georgia, we got one photo of this huge creature before he disappeared back into the...

Kayaking to greet the dawn on the Chechessee River MATT RICHARDSON Kayaker Alan Eisenman of Beaufort paddles into the sunrise on the beautiful and scenic Chechessee. A popular and well-maintained boat landing on S.C. 170 makes this stretch of Port Royal Sound highly...

Port Royal Sound, Lowcountry’s ‘bathtub,’ needs protection. More research is in the works BY KARL PUCKETT UPDATED DECEMBER 22, 2021 8:51 AM The Port Royal Sound Foundation is pushing to conduct more research on the inland sea that serves as the Lowcountry’s “bathtub,”...

SCHOLARSHIP ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT ENVIRONMENT by Bluffton Sun Staff | Dec 6, 2021 | 0  |      Lois Lewis, representing Hilton Head Audubon Society, talks with fourth grade students from Cross Schools during their field trip at the Port Royal Sound...

Sharon & Dick Stewart  December 1, 2021  Beaufort Lifestyle 156 Views SUPPORTING THE SOUND story by WENDY NILSEN POLLITZER            photos by SvG PHOTOGRAPHY Front: Grandkids, Alex and Drew Blum Back (l to r): Son-in-law Andy Blum, Dick Stewart, Daughter Leigh...

Citizen scientists: Volunteers help protect water quality in Beaufort County by newsbyte December 1, 2021 4 mins read Left: Tye Pettay, USC Beaufort assistant professor of Biological Oceanography, pours salt water into a turbidity tube held by Chris Kehrer, Naturalist...