South Coast In-Person Chapter Meeting

Our February Chapter Meeting will be held in-person and we're thrilled to host Dan Whitten, State Board President of the SC Native Plant Society, for a his talk highlighting findings during a Glassy Mountain Survey in 2023. Dan's local Native Plant Society Chapter regularly surveys plants at public lands within their region, and we'll be learning from Dan about how to do this locally. The next day, we'll be visiting one of our own public lands, the Victoria Bluff Natural Hertigate Preserve in Bluffton, SC to conduct our own plant survey! 

Dan Whitten is a naturalist living in Spartanburg County since 1980. He graduated from Auburn University with a BS degree in Wildlife Management. He retired from Michelin North America after 30 years and began to renew his study of nature by taking the Upstate Master Naturalist Class in 2008, the Catawba Master Naturalist Class in 2010, and the Lowcountry Master Naturalist Class in 2016. He became a SC State Certified Naturalist in 2014. He currently serves on the boards of the SC Native Plant Society (as the State Board President), Friends of Jocassee, the Tyger River Foundation, and on the board of the Foothills Conservancy from 2012 to 2018. He works part time as a pontoon boat guide with Jocassee Lake Tours, a hiking guide, and as a Pole Manager with Spartanburg Co. Electric Commission. 

When: Monday, February 10, at 6:00 pm
Where: The Clemson Extension Office at 18 John Galt Rd, Beaufort, SC 29906 (Google Maps Link Here)
Registration for the meeting is NOT required, but encouraged! 

We look forward to discussing all things native plants and starting local native plant surveys on our public lands!