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The Beaufort Fund awards more than $850K to local nonprofits, benefitting South Coast region
April 6, 2022 By Sarah Lamb In total, The Beaufort Fund awarded more than $850K to 84 nonprofit grantees through the 2021 cycle. Since it was first established in 1998, The Beaufort Fund of Coastal Community Foundation has awarded more than $11 million in the South...
The Port Royal Sound Foundation Announces the Naming of the “Dr. Chris Marsh Educational Campus”
During a reception on March 29, 2022, the Port Royal Sound Foundation unveiled the newly named Dr. Chris Marsh Educational Campus. Since before the Port Royal Sound Foundation opened its doors in 2014, Dr. Chris Marsh has played an integral role in supporting the...
Grant Awarded to PRSF from Bargain Box of Hilton Head
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...
A Successful State of the Sound Symposium
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...
Port Royal Sound Foundation Awards $40k in Grant Money For Research on the Port Royal Sound
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
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
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
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
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
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...