Education and Outreach

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The Isle of Palms Public Dock Eco-education Project includes 14 interpretive signs along and around the dock. These displays celebrate local wildlife and ecosystems in the region’s tidal salt marsh wetlands and waterways. They include seven captivating “Salt Marsh Creature” signs that visitors can view as they walk between the dock and Islander 71 restaurant. 

Location and Hours

Located at the Isle of Palms Marina at 50 41st Ave., the Isle of Palms Public Dock sits along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and is open to the public from sunrise to sunset.

Sponsors

This eco-education project was paid for with City of Isle of Palms accommodations tax funds and support from these sponsors:

• The Outpost at Isle of Palms Marina
• Islander 71 Fish House and Raw Bar
• Barrier Island Eco Tours

Sign Creation Team

Susan Hill Smith, a former Isle of Palms City Council member and communications professional, proposed and led the project as a volunteer in collaboration with City staff, the City’s Environmental Advisory Committee and Committee Chairwoman Laura Lovins. 

The City contracted local graphic designer Kaitlyn Hackathorn, who previously worked for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, to create the sign designs and illustrations. 

Hackathorn and the following local photographers provided images for the project: Cindy Branscome, Mic Smith, Matt Peacock and Erin Weeks/SCDNR. 

SCDNR provided the shorebirds graphic on the Sharing the Shore sign.

Expanding the Project's Reach

This web page provides PDF downloads of the 14 sign designs. 

Owned by the City of Isle of Palms, these PDF designs can be used unaltered for most non-profit information, school and general education purposes without securing permission from the City. However, the City must grant permission for the written content and/or designs to be reproduced in whole or in part in other interpretive sign installations.

Photos, illustrations and graphic designs should not be lifted from the provided PDF’s for any other uses without permission from the content creators.