2022 Wounded Nature Veterans / Sunken Boat Removal at Bennett's Point

Sunken boat raised and hauled off by Wounded Nature

The Wounded Nature nonprofit group, founded by Veterans, aims to clean up the coastal environment one project at ta time. They provide opportunities for other veterans to join in these rewarding work projects and they invite partners such as state agencies and private business to join in. Their most recent effort took place on August 16 in coastal Colleton County, near Bennett's Point boat ramp where a sunken boat was blocking the waterway.  SC Senator Chip Campsen volunteered to join Tow Boat US and SCDNR to raise the boat and float it onto the Wounded Nature trailer at the boat ramp, showing how conservation is best served when a coalition of willing partners work together. 

SC Senator Chip Campsen at the helm 

The ACE Basin watershed consists of the Ashepoo River, Combahee River and Edisto Rivers and Bennett's Point is a central to this area. The ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve monitors this area constantly, and welcomes citizen groups like Wounded Nature to provide the manpower that helps keep the environment pristine. Recreational anglers, commercial shrimpers, cruising boaters and naturalists all rely on the sustainability of these natural resources, and value protected properties like South Fenwick Island. If anyone can identify an area in coastal S.C. with need for clean-up, the Wounded Nature group is based in Charleston.

Colleton County Game Warden J.P. Jones