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Local plants, fish, among 374 rare species studied for possible protection

...Savannah River Ecology Lab. "But the Chamberlain's has a bright yellow belly."The rare creatures, usually found in Carolina Bay wetlands, turned up in a new location last month: the government's updated list of endangered species candidates...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-10-05/local-plants-fish-among-374-r
Development adds to S.C. coastal wildfire risks

...the Highway 31 fire.South Carolina 31, known as the Carolina Bays Parkway, is an expressway that parallels the coast...west of the waterway into an area of what are called Carolina Bays that make fighting fires a challenge.The bays are...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-04-28/development-adds-sc-coastal-w
Wood storks flock to sanctuary

...Many of the storks are believed to travel in from rookeries in Jenkins County, Ga., where nesting habitat in Carolina Bay formations is used each spring and summer.This year, researchers from Savannah River Ecology Lab even climbed the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/outdoors/rob-pavey/2010-07-31/wood-storks-fl
Rob Pavey | Outdoors | Sports
Ecologist wins award

...receive the National Wetlands Award for Science Research for her leading expertise on southeastern floodplain forests, Carolina bays and wetland science.Dr. Sharitz, a professor of plant biology at the University of Georgia, has authored or co-authored...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-05-10/ecologist-wins-award
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Group submits plan for spaces

...America, and possibly, the world. - The Shaws Creek watershed, which serves as a primary source of water for Aiken. - Carolina Bay Nature Reserve, across from Virginia Acres Park. Reach Michelle Guffey at (803) 648-1395, ext. 110, or michelle...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/11/19/met_153020.shtml
Metro | Aiken City Council
Inventory lists green spaces for protection

...green spaces - Hitchcock Woods, Hopelands Gardens, Carolina Bay Nature Reserve and heavily wooded divided parkways...which serves as a primary source of water for Aiken. - Carolina Bay Nature Reserve, across from Virginia Acres Park. Sandra...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/10/24/met_149007.shtml
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Across the area

...other teachers, and she participates with her students and the Savannah River Ecology Lab in ongoing studies of a local Carolina Bay formation. Academy VP to leave for marketing firm The executive vice president of Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/04/27/met_126270.shtml
Metro | Aiken County Crime | Augusta State University | Butler High School
Group is tasked with finding open space

...protected species; cost and scenic resources. The model was developed by applying the criteria to three open space areas - Carolina Bay, the Henderson Heritage Preserve and a 38-acre property north of town donated by Gerald Waters, of High View Farm...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/11/26/aik_105793.shtml
Aiken City Council
New hammerhead species found off SC coast

...species in coastal South Carolina could be a result of sampling, but it might also highlight the fact that the South Carolina bays are the more important nursery grounds for the cryptic species," Quattro said. Something as simple as the salinity...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/06/13/liv_85073.shtml
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New species of hammerhead is found off South Carolina coast

...species in coastal South Carolina could be a result of sampling, but it might also highlight the fact that the South Carolina bays are the more important nursery grounds for the cryptic species," Quattro said. Something as simple as the salinity...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/06/13/met_85115.shtml
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