ResortQuest Presents: Kiawah Island Vacation Guide - (Page 13) We actively support Kiawah’s Natural Habitat Conservancy. Our guests can participate in nature workshops and are asked to contribute to the Conservancy’s success. A Pristine Ecosystem Kiawah and neighboring islands are noted for an impressive variety of flora and fauna.Typical of a barrier island, Kiawah’s lush maritime forest lies just beyond the delicate sand dunes bordering her 10-mile beach. This dense forest is host to many wild and wonderful creatures, such as the pileated woodpecker, white-tailed deer, raccoon, bald eagle, osprey and even an occasional bobcat. With Kiawah’s east-west orientation, sand from islands to the north helps maintain our 10-mile beach. The island averages about a mile in width and has more ocean frontage than any planned community its size. To protect this pristine and delicate environment, all beachfront homes and villas are built behind the dunes and boardwalks provide bike and pedestrian access to the beach. Accommodations built off the beach were designed to blend with the natural surroundings and many provide views of the forest, river, salt marsh, and lagoons. Kiawah is one of the few remaining nesting sites for the endangered Loggerhead turtle. From May to October each year, these giants of the sea crawl ashore to deposit as many as 150 eggs in cavities they dig at the dune’s edge. Environmental lectures and demonstrations are available throughout the summer nesting season. Barrier islands like Kiawah feature a series of transitional zones with unique and beautiful plants, including sea oats, wildflowers, cacti, palmettos, many varieties of myrtle, oak trees, pines and, of course, the beautiful and ever-changing salt marshes. Driving to Charleston, don’t miss the 1400year-old Angel Oak, one of the oldest living oaks in America. Toll Free 866-554-8224 Alligator Family Crabbing White Tail Deer 13
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