Category: Observations
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Tybee Island: Community collaborates to curb coastal erosion
Dan Hernandez set out to make a difference and invited others to join. The Savannah resident has watched parts of Tybee Island erode slowly over the years, particularly the six-mile McQueen’s Island Trail, which offers high-tide protection to U.S. Highway 80 that links Tybee to Savannah. He heard the voices of discontent during the past…
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Sapelo Island: Residents fight back to preserve culture
On Sunday mornings, the Sapelo Island ferry pulls up to the dock and lets off a stream of residents decked in dresses, hats, and suits. Shaking hands and trading smiles, the dozen or so pile into a church bus that arrives just for them. They’re heading to St. Luke Baptist Church for a morning of…
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Sapelo Island: Algae showcases biodiversity in Georgia
Kalina Manoylov is happiest when out in the field, studying algae. An assistant professor of biology at Georgia College and State University, Manoylov is known around the the college’s Department of Biological and Environmental Science as the one who loves diatoms. While supervising a group of students collecting samples on Sapelo Island in early September,…
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Sapelo Island: Class searches for elusive crayfish species
For students in an environmental hydrogeology class at Georgia College and State University, class time means searching for crayfish on Sapelo Island. In early September, a group of 20 trekked to the island on the Georgia coast with waders and nets to catch and study an endangered species that hasn’t been documented well. “We’re looking…
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Paris thoughts: City of the Seine
Anyone who knows me well knows how much I love water. Well, folks, Paris is certainly a river town. Mostly anything and everything you need to see (especially for your first two-day trip) is along the river, and it’s a nice walk. I now understand why everyone wears scarves all the time … quite windy,…
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Parisian Prayers: Notre Dame on a Sunday
I didn’t think about the fact that it was Sunday when I started out to the Louvre in the morning. When I passed the Notre Dame and saw a long line going inside, I still didn’t realize a service was going on. But when I walked inside, my breath caught in my throat. It felt…
Carolyn Crist 