Botany Bay Ecotours
Credentials
Meg graduated from Davidson College with a B.S. in biology. She was a COSEN-Pew Scholar and the recipient of a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. She obtained her master’s degree in Wildlife Ecology and Management at the University of Georgia. Meg is a United States Coast Guard captain for vessels up to 50 tons and a PADI certified diver. Her classroom and field training have given her a special perspective on the coastal environment and she is a born educator.
Meg selects other guides for our programs based on their love of the area, field of study and work in the lowcountry.
Learning through Loggerheads
Meg is the co-creator and executive director of the non-profit Learning through Loggerheads (LtL). This one-of-a-kind program uses a sea turtle protection project to provide hands on conservation learning for middle and high school students. The beaches of Botany Bay Plantation and Botany Island host the second largest nesting aggregation of loggerhead sea turtles on the South Carolina coast. Students participate in all aspects of the sea turtle management program from finding and protecting nests, to recording data and maintaining the equipment. To find out more about this project and how to support it, please visit www.ltlonline.org or join one of our summer turtle program which helps to fund Learning through Loggerheads. See the Program page for information.
Meg enthusiastically describes the South Carolina coast as “every bit as exciting as exotic locales such as the Great Barrier Reef or tropical rainforests. There is something for everyone to learn from areas like this.”
Call (843)-869-2998 or email us at tours@botanybayplantation.com to make reservations.
