The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release.
Tom Yawkey and his wife, Jean, formed a deep lifetime connection to the Georgetown County area. The Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center includes North, South, Sand and most of Cat islands, all located at the mouth of Winyah Bay in Georgetown County. It represents a unique partnership with SCDNR. The 31-square mile property, which Tom spent much of his life acquiring and managing, is dedicated as a wildlife preserve, research area and waterfowl refuge. It hosts educational guided field trips for thousands of visitors each year, free of charge, and plays a critical role in providing habitat and hosting landmark wildlife research on alligators, loggerhead sea turtles and more. It’s what Tom—who was an outdoorsman and self-taught ornithologist—would do if he were still with us today.