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🌱 How Captain Sams Spit just moved closer to permanent protection

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  • How Captain Sams Spit just moved closer to permanent protection

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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Fog in the morning and humid, with a high of 85 and low of 70 degrees.
  • Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 85, low: 73.
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 85 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Kiawah Island coastline nears permanent protection (live5news.com) — Kiawah Island leaders have reached a long-sought agreement to permanently protect Captain Sams Spit from development, creating a 76-acre Heritage Trust preserve with strict conservation easements. The town, state, and SCDNR are finalizing land transfers and tax arrangements, ensuring this wildlife-rich stretch near Beachwalker Park remains natural for dolphins, sea turtles, bobcats, and shorebirds for generations.
   

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