Welcome to the Sewee Center
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PalmettoPride and Francis Marion team up for a cleanup! The 5th annual Forest Cleanup happens on Saturday, February 4th and we need your help! Join us at the US Forest Service Office, 2967 Steed Creek Rd, Awendaw at 8 a.m. We need volunteer site leaders and volunteers to pick up litter. All cleanup supplies will be provided. The cleanup will end at 12 noon, followed by lunch for volunteers. If you or your group would like to volunteer, call 877.725.7733 or email Gene Campbell at ecampbell@palmettopride.org. Travel Directions to the Forest Service Office. |
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| Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center. Credit: Tricia Lynch/USFWS |
See! Touch! Hear! Experience the unique heritage and natural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Jointly operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service, the Sewee Center showcases the valuable ecosystems of the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge and the Francis Marion National Forest and provides educational opportunities and a pleasant experience for all ages.
What the Center Offers:
- Exhibits featuring forest to sea ecosystems
- Live endangered red wolf viewing area with interpretive panels
- Classroom and laboratory designed for lectures and hands-on experiments
- Recreation Information Center
- Book sales outlet
- Auditorium - an orientation film introduces you to the Forest and Refuge
- Nature trail - a one mile loop trail encompasses the pond, red wolf enclosure and wooded area surrounding the Center
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Volunteers - Making It All Happen in 2011Volunteers gave over 17, 600 hours to Refuge and Sewee Visitor Center projects and programs in 2011! They shared their message of environmental stewardship with over 9,000 children and their chaperones, worked to save 1, 448 Loggerhead sea turtle nests, cleared trails and replaced boardwalks, researched and surveyed wildlife populations within the refuge, monitored our Bluebird Trail and provided care for the Red wolves at the Center and, undertook major maintenance projects for our public facilities and grounds. Our volunteers did it all! Read about their many contributions and accomplishments in the Volunteer Newsletter. |
| Jim Hawkins inventories a Loggerhead turtle nest. Credit: Billy Shaw |
Junior Rangers Wanted at Cape Romain NWRHey Kids! Would you like to get outside and learn about our National Wildlife Refuge? Are you between the ages of 8 and 12? Cape Romain wants you! In March, the refuge will start its new Junior Ranger program. Call the Sewee Center at 843.928.3368 and meet with a Ranger to pick up your Junior Ranger activity booklet. While you're there, look through all the exhibits, see the movie and take a hike down the boardwalk to see the Red Wolves. Activities include a short trip to Garris Landing. Complete all the activities in the booklet and receive your Junior Ranger badge and patch! |
South Carolina Lowcountry Refuges Complex - News from Life in the Wild, Volume 4
Life in the Wild is the newsletter for the Cape Romain, Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin, Santee and Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuges.
