In our next issue...

Anyone who has been on a school field trip to a natural area knows that the great outdoors is the perfect setting for hands-on learning. Child and adult students can’t help but learn when given the inspiration that comes with a front-row seat in nature. The same goes for folks who study the natural world for a living; there’s just no substitute for a day in the field. In our next issue, follow Pete Laurie to one of South Carolina’s premier outdoor classrooms and laboratories, the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Plus . . . get hooked on fishing-lure collecting . . . take a look at the Carolina grasslands of yesteryear and today . . . venture to coastal sanctuary islands to visit with nesting seabirds . . . stoke the fire and try out some new camp recipes . . . and get to know some of nature’s garbage men, turkey and black vultures..