One Redditor was furious after finding out that officials on a South Carolina island had approved the paving over of wetlands for new development.
“Johns Island is running out of developable land, so Kiawah River development is clearing oaks and backfilling wetlands to alleviate the pressure,” wrote the original poster a year ago alongside a photo of the work.
Kiawah River developers have made sustainability efforts by including working farmland at the community’s center and engaging in wildlife protection.
These efforts might become essential in order to counterbalance the likely ecological damage of both the removed wetlands and a 933-acre development featuring a golf course and a residential community planned for the area, as WCBD observed…