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Learn about the 24,000 acre Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center located on Cat, South and North Islands at the mouth of Winyah Bay. This whirlwind presentation will just scratch the surface of the properties transformation from rice plantations to hunting club to heritage preserve with lighthouses, quarantine stations, canals and the Marquis de Lafayette scattered in along the way.
About the Speaker:
Jamie Dozier grew up in the town of Andrews in western Georgetown County. He received his BS and MS in Wildlife Biology from Clemson University. After Graduate School, Jamie worked as a Regional Biologist with the Florida Conservation Commission in central Florida, adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico. In 1999 he came back to South Carolina as the Coastal Heritage Trust Biologist with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources stationed in Georgetown. In 2006 Jamie moved to his current position as Project Leader at the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center. He also serves on the Clemson University College of Ag, Forestry and Life Sciences Alumni Advisory Board and the Horry-Georgetown Technical College Wildlife Advisory Board.