All times EST.
Program subject to change.
Field trip fees are separate from conference registration.
Conference registration is not required to attend a field trip.
Updated 22 October 2025
All field trips are scheduled for Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Registration for Brookgreen Gardens will close Thursday, October 23rd. Registration for Waties Island and Marsh Seine Netting will close Friday, October 24th.
Note: The seine netting and Brookgreen Gardens field trips are near each other and it is possible to participate in both options.
Waties Island
8:00 am – 2:00 pm | $125 | $125 – Register by 10/24
Marsh Seine Netting
9:15 am – 12:00 pm | $10 | $10 – Register by 10/24
Brookgreen Gardens
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm | $50 | Registration has closed.
8:00 am – 2:00 pm | $125 | $125 – Register by 10/24
Transportation and lunch provided. Please note that a casual lunch will occur on the beach; there are no tables and chairs, so participants will be sitting on the sand on the beach.
Meet at registration at 8:00 am to depart for Waties Island.
Explore Waties Island with Coastal Carolina! The trip will include highlights of northeastern South Carolina landscape evolution, detail the changing climate and highlight the critical need to consider coastal transition from coast to ocean to watershed. Exploration of Waties Island will include stops on old coast deposits, the Marsh Causey Bridge, the ghost forest on the landward edge of the island and at the beach to detail preservation, hurricane recovery and offshore wind engery production. History: In 1995, a total of 1,105 acres on Waties Island and the adjoining uplands of Little River Neck were deeded to the Coastal Educational Foundation, which became the Anne Tilghman Boyce Coastal Reserve. The Reserve is an outstanding example of an undeveloped complex of ocean frontage, fresh and saltwater marshes, tidal creeks, and upland woods. Surrounded by a rapidly urbanizing environment, it is becoming increasingly significant for research, monitoring and education about the natural coastal habitat.
Learn more about the Anne Tilghman Boyce Coastal Reserve
9:15 am – 12:00 pm | $10 | $10 – Register by 10/24
Transportation: self/carpool
Meet at registration at 9:15 am to depart to Oyster Landing.
Discover the abundance of life in this “nursery of the sea” as we explore rich tidal creeks of the salt marsh. Use seine nets to see various creatures.
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm | $50 | Registration has closed.
Transportation: self/carpool; Lunch provided.
Carpoolers meet in Sheraton lobby at 12:00 pm; otherwise meet at Brookgreen Gardens Welcome Center by 1:00pm: 1931 Brookgreen Garden Dr, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576. Make sure your driver knows to take you through the admissions plaza and to the Welcome Center. Drive time is approximately 40 minutes from the Sheraton Convention Center in Myrtle Beach.
Join NALMS JEDI Program members to lunch under live oak trees, explore historical gardens, and learn about local Gullah culture.
Learn more about Brookgreen Gardens