Join us on October 20th for an evening on the Port Royal Sound! This year, our special guest will be David Gallo, American oceanographer and explorer. David Gallo previously worked as the Director of Special Projects at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He currently serves as Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives at the Center for Climate and Life of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. This annual event includes an amazing presentation by David Gallo, cocktails, dinner, live entertainment and a silent auction.
For more information, please contact Alicia Powell at 843-645-7774 / apowell@portroyalsoundfoundation.org.
This event sold out in July last year, so don’t wait to purchase your tickets!

We hope to see you there!

One of the most interesting antebellum plantation owners in Beaufort County was Henry Hartstene. His Greenleaf Plantation was located along the May River and today is bisected by the drive into the Village of Palmetto Bluff. Join Palmetto Bluff’s archaeologist, Dr. Mary Socci, for a talk on Hartstene, his plantation, and a surprising connection to the White House.
Dr. Socci received both her master’s degree and her doctorate from Yale University. She has worked on archaeological sites in Belize, Israel and New York as well as South Carolina.
RSVP required for this event, call 843-645-7774 today to purchase tickets!
$5/person, FREE under 16.

“Hatchery Management Research to Ensure Efficient Production of Important SC Fishes”
Dr. Jason Broach, Assistant Marine Scientist at SCDNR’s Waddell Mariculture Center, is passionate about nature and all things fishes. After earning a Ph.D. in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at the University of Florida, he continued his research as a Scientist at the University aquaculture labs. Dr. Broach has research experience with several species of fish and his job at Waddell Mariculture Center is to help improve hatchery management techniques and develop techniques for new species of interest. This talk will cover his work at the center and how his team works to ensure that the techniques used for currently cultured important sportfish as well as other species in future are the most efficient and practical methods possible.
RSVP required for this event, call 843-645-7774 today to purchase tickets!
$5/person, FREE under 16.

When folks think of the Port Royal Sound they imagine a vast, high-salinity “inland sea” stretching 20 miles inland from the ocean. Many forget that there is a more brackish side to the Sound, where few people go and where 3 rivers (can you name them?) form the headwaters of this special place. Bruce Lampright, Brays Island Naturalist, works on one of those rivers. The Pocotaligo drains portions of three counties and holds a rich history actually playing a part in three wars. Come learn more about the diversity of this body of water.
RSVP required for this event, call 843-645-7774 today to purchase tickets!
$5/person, FREE under 16.