THE 1975 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY
The 1975 Environmental Inventory of Kiawah Island was prepared for Coastal Shores, Inc. by the Environmental
Research Center, Inc. of Columbia, SC. The Project Coordinator was W. David Chamberlain, and the Project Directors
were William M. Campbell and John Mark Dean.
The introduction states that “[The] document reflects 16 months of scientific inquiry into Kiawah Island. A broad
multidisciplinary approach to the environmental inventory was selected in order to address the complex interrelationships
of the existing ecosystems and to provide optimum information necessary for informed decision making. Thirteen
disciplines, embracing subject matter from microscopic phytoplankton to prehistoric man, are represented in this report.”
Of the 13 sections in the 1975 report, the Committee reviewed sections on Geology and Coastal Processes, Climatology,
Dune and Marsh Vegetation, Forest Ecology, Ornithology, Mammalology, Herpetology and Loggerhead Turtles. Yet to
be done are sections on Water Quality and Microbiology, Phytop