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On May 4, the voters of Sullivan’s Island came out in record-breaking numbers to voice their support for saving the maritime forest and elect a pro-conservation slate of candidates to Town Council. This is an important first step, but more urgent work remains!
It was a record-breaking voter turnout in the May 4 Sullivan’s Island election. The Post and Courier weighs in on what council should do with its new voter mandate.
Voters sent an overwhelming message on election night: booting two incumbents who voted to push through a controversial Maritime Forest mediation. Now a new council may have the chance to save the forest from destruction.
A high density of trees and vegetation on the island serves to fortify its diffusive effect on the velocity of ocean waves during a storm surge. Thus the trees and shrubs of the Maritime Forest on Sullivan’s Island’s accreted land play an important role in the protection of Mount Pleasant and downtown Charleston, in addition to the protecting the middle and back side of the island itself.
The public’s interest in our efforts to save the Maritime Forest continues to grow. See the latest. news here. If you have contacts at national news outlets, please. reach. out to us today!
In an almost exact repeat of the troubling October meeting where four councilmembers rushed the original mediation plan through to a vote, the same councilmembers did it again in March with a revised cutting plan that could be worse for the forest.
Ignoring the Town’s own management plan that clearly states the value of the maritime forest as a barrier to storm surge — a group of 4 councilmembers pushed the cutting plan forward.
This investigation by the Post and Courier shows how mass tree removal is creating more flooding in the Charleston area.
The Maritime Forest is more than a century old and a small group of residents wants to cut it down for “better views.”
Your phone call and email to the state agencies who need to allow permits for this mass cutting will make a huge impact. Please tell them you oppose the proposed cutting.
Sullivan’s Island For All
1985 Riviera Drive, Suite 103
Box 201
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
©Sullivans Island for All 2021
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