In 1914, businessman William Yawkey’s uncle bought coastal land in South Carolina, setting in motion a conservation story that would unfold over more than a century. What began as a small holding along the shoreline of Georgetown County eventually became the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Centre, a 24,000-acre protected landscape where marshes, wetlands, pine forests, beaches and maritime forests now provide habitat for a remarkable range of wildlife.
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