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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 17:28:24 +0000 (UTC) From: kastners (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Camden SC |
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------=_Part_518542_631571576.1794158904820 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nature as Teacher PreserveCamden, Kershaw County, SC11/7/26=C2=A0 =C2=A010:= 40-1:45=C2=A0 =C2=A0Mostly sunny=C2=A0 =C2=A063-69 degrees Dave and I found a new area to explore. The 853-acre plot of forested land = has been set aside for ecological conservation, research, and education. Bo= rdered by the Wateree River on one side and the town of Camden on the other= , the land was donated to Clemson University in 2006 by the late Margaret L= loyd, a local environmental advocate. The preservation of this longleaf-pin= e and hardwood forest represents one woman=E2=80=99s dream of fostering env= ironmental education in the state of South Carolina. Though it is only open= to the public a few Saturdays each month, field trips may be booked. An im= portant role they play is educating children about nature in the field. We = were interested in seeing another property on the opposite side of the Wate= ree River from Wateree River HP where we often butterfly. The approximately= 5 miles of trails we walked were very wooded so very shaded, but we did fi= nd some butterfly host plants, river cane, pawpaw, spicebush and a few aste= rs. We also found one area near a longleaf pine restoration section that ha= d some good sun since the pines are not huge yet. In that area we found the= few butterflies we saw. We=E2=80=99ll head back in the spring to hopefully= see other butterflies. Dark swallowtail flyby=C2=A0 =C2=A01 (most likely Spicebush)Sleepy Orange= =C2=A0 =C2=A06Cloudless Sulphur=C2=A0 =C2=A01American Lady=C2=A0 =C2=A01Com= mon Buckeye=C2=A0 =C2=A03 Marty Kastner ------=_Part_518542_631571576.1794158904820 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Ari= al, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Nature as Teacher Preserve</div><div style= =3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-s= erif; font-size: 12pt">Camden, Kershaw County, SC</div><div style=3D"font-f= amily: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font= -size: 12pt">11/7/26 10:40-1:45 Mostly sunny = 63-69 degrees</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue,= Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><br></div><div st= yle=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, san= s-serif; font-size: 12pt">Dave and I found a new area to explore. The 853-a= cre plot of forested land has been set aside for ecological conservation, r= esearch, and education. Bordered by the Wateree River on one side and the t= own of Camden on the other, the land was donated to Clemson University in 2= 006 by the late Margaret Lloyd, a local environmental advocate. The preserv= ation of this longleaf-pine and hardwood forest represents one woman=E2=80= =99s dream of fostering environmental education in the state of South Carol= ina. Though it is only open to the public a few Saturdays each month, field= trips may be booked. An important role they play is educating children abo= ut nature in the field. We were interested in seeing another property on th= e opposite side of the Wateree River from Wateree River HP where we often b= utterfly. The approximately 5 miles of trails we walked were very wooded so= very shaded, but we did find some butterfly host plants, river cane, pawpa= w, spicebush and a few asters. We also found one area near a longleaf pine = restoration section that had some good sun since the pines are not huge yet= . In that area we found the few butterflies we saw. We=E2=80=99ll head back= in the spring to hopefully see other butterflies.</div><div style=3D"font-= family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; fon= t-size: 12pt"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, = Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Dark swallowtail f= lyby 1 (most likely Spicebush)</div><div style=3D"font-family: = Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: = 12pt">Sleepy Orange 6</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, H= elvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Clo= udless Sulphur 1</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvet= ica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">American= Lady 1</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue,= Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Common Buckeye&nb= sp; 3</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe U= I, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><br></div><div style=3D"f= ont-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;= font-size: 12pt">Marty Kastner</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Hel= vetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><br><= /div> ------=_Part_518542_631571576.1794158904820-- |
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