SC Legislature OKs funding for USC-owned island. How much did it get?
Faculty at USC-Beaufort said they needed $1.25 million in start-up costs to revive research and programming on Pritchards Island.
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Faculty at USC-Beaufort said they needed $1.25 million in start-up costs to revive research and programming on Pritchards Island.
There wasn’t much that was easy about spending a day on Pritchards. No running water. No electricity. No helping hands. And getting there required a boat, swimming endurance, or patience for a tide low enough to walk a sometimes-visible sandbar between Fripp Island and Pritchards.
A two-page draft document drawn up in July by USC-Beaufort faculty boasts a host of research plans and educational opportunities for Pritchards Island.