Sapelo Island
Lecture: A Closer Look at Sapelo (February 29)
7 pm (doors open at 6:30)
OHM Office (7 Glynn Ave., Brunswick)
Nature and history collide on Sapelo Island, Georgia’s fourth largest barrier island. Sapelo is home to the Hog(g) Hummock Community, the last island-based Gullah Geechee community in Georgia, and vast wildlife conservation areas managed by the State of Georgia and University of Georgia research institutions.
Join OHM Justice Strategist & Sapelo Descendant Jazz Watts and Education Coordinator Stephanie Chewning for “A Closer Look at Sapelo.” In this Naturalist 101 lecture, we will dive into Sapelo Island’s ecological and cultural history—and what is happening now.
View the recording on YouTube.
Field Trip: A Day on Sapelo Island (March 21)
8:30 am to 3 pm
Sapelo Island (leaving from Meridian Dock, Darien)
Join us for a hands-on field study of Sapelo’s extraordinary ecological and cultural history—past, present, and future. Join OHM’s Justice Strategist & Sapelo Descendant Jazz Watts and Coastal Education Coordinator Stephanie Chewning for “A Day on Sapelo Island” on Thursday, March 21. Maurice Bailey, resident descendant and founder of Save Our Legacy Ourself, will also join us to share his unique perspective and help participants experience Sapelo first-hand.
Sapelo is ferry-access only, and we have limited spots available—pre-registration is required.
This event is sold out.
To be added to the waitlist, please email Stephanie.
Little St. Simons Island
Lecture: Lessons in Ecology from the Little Island (March 28)
7 PM (Doors open at 6:30)
OHM Office (7 Glynn Ave., Brunswick)
Field Trip: A Day on Little St Simons Island (April 12)
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Little St Simons Island (casting off from Hampton Marina, St. Simons)
Little St. Simons is a privately-owned—and permanently protected—barrier island with miles and miles of pristine maritime forest and beaches. Join us as we experience this jewel with LSSI Ecological Manager (and OHM Board Chair), Scott Coleman. During our guided tour, Scott will share about the ecological and cultural history of the island, and the important work LSSI is doing today to protect this island for future generations. We will visit the beach, bird ponds, old-growth forests and much more
This event is sold out.
To be added to the waitlist, please email Stephanie.
Cumberland Island
Lecture: A Naturalist’s History of Cumberland Island (April 25)
7 PM (Doors open at 6:30)
OHM Office (7 Glynn Ave., Brunswick)
Cumberland Island is Georgia’s largest barrier island, with more than 9,000 acres of protected wilderness. Its vast maritime forests, dirt roads, and sandy shores have hosted many peoples throughout history, including Native Americans, enslaved Africans, wealthy white Americans, and today, members of the public and the National Park Service.
Join our naturalist and Coastal Education Coordinator, Stephanie Chewning, for our Naturalist 101 lecture, “A Naturalist’s History of Cumberland Island.” Together, we’ll dive deeper into Cumberland’s fascinating past and present.
This event is free but we ask that you please RSVP for planning purposes.
Field Trip: Tour Cumberland Island (May 11)
9 AM – 3:30 PM
Cumberland Island (meet at the Cumberland Island Visitor Center)
Nature abounds on Cumberland Island National Seashore! Come experience our coast’s largest island as never before with OHM naturalist and Coastal Education Coordinator Stephanie Chewning. We’ll take the ferry over together, before exploring the Dungeness ruins (home to the famed Carnegie family), as well as the island’s maritime forest and the longest stretch of undeveloped beach in Georgia.
While this field trip is open to all ages, please know we will walk over five miles from one ferry stop to another, some of it on loose sand and throughout wilderness conditions. This trip will happen rain or shine.
This event is sold out.
To be added to the waitlist, please email Stephanie.