The SINHG Organization is actively looking for the following positions. These are volunteer positions for a minimum of two years.
• Vice-President
• Membership Director
Following is a description of each position. If interested, please contact Pat Short (tarpon504@gmail.com).
Just a reminder: The Seabrook Island Natural History Group (SINHG) has organized an array of fun trips for Spring 2026. The deadline for sign up is December 29, 2025.
These exciting trips are exclusive to SINHG members. The membership year runs from June 1 to May 31. If you wish to become a member, click here. If you’re unsure of your membership status, please email info@sinhg.org, and they will be happy to check for you.
For a full list of trips/programs and instructions on making your selections, click here.
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Exciting news from the Seabrook Island Natural History Group (SINHG)! We’ve been busy crafting an array of fun trips for Spring 2026. The days may be short, the nights long, and the weather turning chilly, but what could be better than dreaming of the coming spring and all the wonderful outdoor activities waiting for you? With 29 diverse opportunities available from February 18 to May 15, there’s something to spark everyone’s interest. Join with your neighbors to:
Be sure to make your selections by December 29, 2025, giving our SINHG elves ample time to work their magic in organizing these trips. Remember, these exciting trips are exclusive to SINHG members, with our membership year running from June 1 to May 31. If you’re not yet a member or need to renew, visit our Membership page to join the fun! If you aren’t sure if your membership is current, just send an email to info@sinhg.org, and we will check for you.
For a full list of opportunities and instructions on making your selections, click here. We look forward to spending time together and enjoying all this area has to offer.
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The Seabrook Island Natural History Group (SINHG) has announced this fall’s exciting member trips. The 23 trips have something for everyone, from kayaking and biking, walking tours, culinary treats, entertainment, craft beer, and haunted tours to cultural, artistic and historical activities. Rob Fowler, the weatherman, will give a behind-the-scenes tour of the newly renovated Channel 2 newsroom. For the more romantically inclined, there will be a November full-moon sail in Charleston Harbor. There will also be a painting party where you will be able to create a portrait of your favorite pet. Of course, we will also have our famous kayaking and biking tours through some of the most magnificent lowcountry landscapes you can imagine.
Please remember that SINHG Trips are exclusively for current members and the fiscal year runs from June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026. Annual membership costs only $16 and entitles you to six evening programs and the annual party at no charge. For more information regarding membership click here and for more information regarding upcoming trips click here. The sign-up deadline for fall trips is July 19.
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The Seabrook Island Natural History Group (SINHG) is pleased to present Tales and History of Johns Island with Lee Glover, author of “Field Trip: My Years on a Johns Island Farm”. Glover is a 5th generation native of Johns Island who will lead us through the evolution of this Island from a small farming community to the beautiful respite we have come to know. His tales of people as well as a distinctive time and culture are incredibly important for all of us living here to appreciate. Please join us as we are taken on a trip by this remarkable storyteller through the heritage and history of this singular place.
The evening program is available for all SINHG members at no charge or for non-members for a nominal fee of $5. Please join us at the Lake House on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 7:00 pm. We have planned a social gathering prior to this event starting around 6:30 pm. Wine and other light refreshments will be served. For more information and the opportunity to preregister for this or any of the other monthly events click here.
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It may still be autumn-turning-to-winter, but you can look ahead to next spring with our Spring 2025 SINHG Trips for members. You’ll find favorites to brand new explorations of Lowcountry history and culture. On the beach or on the water; nature preserves or plantations; downtown or uptown, we’ve got a trip to feed your curiosity. Sign up deadline is December 30.
For detailed information on the Spring 2025 trips click here.
If you need help with the signup process, click here to view the handy guide.
And to learn more about SINHG, membership, and Evening Programs click here.
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The Seabrook Island Natural History Group, celebrating its fortieth year as the island’s oldest special interest group, has released its fall schedule of thirty-three SINHG member trips, along with planned Evening Program topics for Seabrook Island residents and guests.
The member trip list includes private guided tours of downtown Charleston’s historic Old City Jail, a dolphin education program on Captain Sams Spit, two kayaking expeditions to area creeks and rivers, and an inshore fishing trip. The fall series, running from September to December, also includes a holiday concert at Charleston’s Round Church.
Evening Programs in September and October will examine how the Deveaux Bank, a critical bird sanctuary for migrating species, was affected by last year’s hurricane Idalia, and will explore the Lowcountry’s famous Mepkin Abbey, established on the grounds of an antebellum plantation as a Trappist monastery. SINHG Evening Programs at The Lake House are offered free of charge to SINHG members. There is a $5 fee for non-members.
Learn more about SINHG, membership, and Evening Programs at sinhg.org.
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The Seabrook Island Natural History Group (SINHG) marked its fortieth anniversary as members gathered recently for the organization’s annual meeting at Lake House.
Noting that SINHG is Seabrook Island’s oldest special interest group, as well as its largest with more than 500 members, President Lynn Baker told the gathering that the late Johns Island native Betty Stringfellow, a granddaughter of the Andell family which once owned much of Seabrook, and a group of other like-minded Seabrookers began to organize informal group educational tours in the early 1980s focusing on the Lowcountry’s natural history and culture. “SINHG has been carrying on that mission ever since,” Baker said, adding that a fall series of more than thirty SINHG trips for members would be announced early in the summer.
SINHG members have been fanning out all over the Lowcountry this spring. Learn more about their experiences.
Continue reading “On the Road with SINHG this Spring”SINHG trips took members from their own backyards, downtown and into the ancient past as the spring series of explorations continues. A behind-the-scenes tour of Seabrook Island educated members about the complex infrastructure, from the drainage system that helps restore the island’s roadways after heavy rainfall, to the Utility Commission’s water and sewer facilities that keep the island humming.
Further afield, members visited the headquarters of the Charleston Harbor Pilots Association, from which pilots certified by the state and by the Coast Guard guide cargo-laden freighters – up to 85 per day – safely in and out of the harbor.
And members probed into the Lowcountry’s ancient history with a private guided tour of the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History at the College of Charleston, where they encountered the fossilized remains of sea turtles the size of small cars, huge saber-toothed cats, Triceratops and T. Rexes, all of which once roamed ancient sea plains and maritime forests of the southeast coast.
SINHG Trips for members continue through late May. To learn about membership visit sinhg.org.
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SINHG has welcomed the new season and its 40th anniversary on Seabrook Island with the group’s spring series of SINHG Trips for members. A special house concert by Chamber Music Charleston brought 24 members to the home of John and Jean Conyers to enjoy selections from Gershwin, Shostakovich and Lalliet.
Venturing outdoors, members took to the water in search of dolphins along the Bohicket River and near Privateer Creek and explored downtown’s historic graveyards during a “Tombstone Tales” tour.
SINHG Trips will continue this spring with a visit to the College of Charleston’s Mace Brown Natural History Museum, a farm-to-table culinary tour, and an ecological study of Deveaux Bank, among the 30 trips offered this season.
Seabrook Island Natural History Group explores the ecology, history, and culture of the Carolina Lowcountry. For more information about SINHG, please go to sinhg.org.
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The spring series of SINHG Evening Programs concludes on Thursday evening, April 11 at 7:00 pm with a presentation by Gullah interpreter and historian Jackie Mickel. A retired school teacher, Mickel is now the lead presenter at Boone Hall of Gullah/Geechee culture and history, using songs and stories to explore the rich tapestry of her Gullah ancestry.
SINHG Evening Programs are offered free of charge to SINHG members. There is a $5 fee for non-members. Pre-registration is available at sinhg.org/events-page.
Seabrook Island Natural History Group explores the ecology, history, and culture of the Carolina Lowcountry. For more information about SINHG, please go to sinhg.org.
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