The conflict over stream buffers in the Gills Creek Watershed continues. Excess sand, waste from construction sites, pet waste, and chemical fertilizers pollute many waterways in Richland County. But vegetation buffers along rivers and streams can filter out many of these pollutants and act as a habitat for wildlife, says interim chairman for the Gills Creek Watershed Association, Elliott […]
Army fights post traumatic stress disorder
Army Chief of Staff General George Casey attended an invitation- only reception in his honor last Wednesday, July 29, at 300 Senate Street. Also in attendance were Major General Russell Czerw (pronounce “surf”), commander of Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, and Brigadier General Bradley May, commander of Ft. Jackson. Among the other attendees were dignitaries at all levels, including […]
Visit Jean’s Journal
This weekHistoric Bomb Island on Lake Murray is the summer home of the largest group of Purple Martins in North America. Head to www.thecolumbiastar.com to find out how to catch this unique sight before they fly back to their winter home in South America near the end of August.
Facts about Gills Creek Watershed
What is a watershed? The region draining into a river, river system, or other body of water. • It’s South Carolina’s largest impaired urban watershed. • It contains over 70 miles of streams. • It covers over 47,000 acres of land. • The population is 140,000. • It is represented by multiple jurisdictions. • It includes parts of Columbia, Forest […]
Gills Creek Watershed Association Sponsors
The City of Columbia Richland County Conservation Commission Grimball Cotterill Landscape Architects If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Jessica Artz at jartz@environ.sc.edu or 803-727-8326.
Gills Creek Watershed Association partners
Arcadia Lakes Homeowner’s Association www.arcadialakes.net The City of Columbia www.columbiasc.net The City of Forest Acres www.forestacres.net Clemson University Institute for Economic and Community Development www.clemson.edu/sandhill Congaree Swamp National Monument www.nps.gov/cosw East Piedmont Resource Conservation & Development Council www.eastpiedmontrcd.com Forest Lake Presbyterian Church www.flpc.org Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce www.columbiachamber.com Gregg Park Homeowner’s Association greggparkhoa.com Keep the Midlands Beautiful www.keepthemidlandsbeautiful.org Upper […]
USC’s Moore Business exceeds goal with $42.4m
Friday morning, July 31, the top floor auditorium of the Close- Hipp Building had a standing- room- only crowd to hear USC President Harris Pastides announce the successful fundraising efforts that amounted to $42.4 million for the Moore School of Business, while the minimum goal set five years ago was $30 million. USC trustee and alumna Darla Moore challenged the […]
Briefs
Any Hardin work in S.C.? The University of Georgia dropped Hardin Construction Co. as the contractor for a planned $18.6 million expansion of UGA’s football facilities. A Hardin- built walkway in the Atlanta Botanical Gardens collapsed in December 2008, killing one worker. Then in late June 2009, the Centergy parking deck in Atlanta’s Midtown collapsed. Soon after the second collapse, […]
Liz Sullivan of Graham Realty
Star ProfileColumbia doesn’t have it so bad, recessionwise. The fall in home prices and the glut in listings haven’t combined in Columbia to match the horror stories heard elsewhere. With its relatively stabile business status pulled along by Ft. Jackson, USC, state capital offices and other oft- cited economic engines, Columbia is actually a good place to be these days for […]