Callawassie protects our wildlife!

Have you ever wondered what Callawassie might look like twenty years from now?  Will the wildlife we enjoy today continue to make their home on Callawassie in 2031?  Will the island’s common properties remain in their natural state as they do today?

The answers to all three questions are completely dependent on whether or not sufficient and sustainable habitat will remain on the island in the year 2031! We could have taken our chances and hoped the island would be as wildlife friendly then as it is today, but that didn’t seem to be an adequate explanation.  At best, it left our wildlife’s future simply up to chance.  However, rest assured, both questions are much easier to answer now that the CIMC and CIPOA Board of Directors evaluated and approved the concept of adopting a Wildlife Habitat Preservation Plan in October 2008. 

Callawassie Island’s Wildlife Habitat Preservation Plan

The Wildlife Habitat Preservation Plan/Land Management Plan (WHP/LMP) has identified 60 parcels made up of CIPOA common properties and CIMC out-of-play areas along the periphery of the island’s golf courses.  The Plan does not include private property.

Each parcel was photographed as it appeared in 2008 and assigned one of the following categories (Category I – Aesthetic, Category II – Vista, Category III – Buffer and Category IV – Meadows).  Each category utilizes a specific approach to the care and maintenance of the parcels, lists the specific types of wildlife species found in that area and identifies those parcels that would require Beaufort County permitting to prune or remove vegetation near the water’s edge.  Any change to a parcel’s status must first be Board approved followed by appropriate documentation which includes the reason and date of the change.  This information has been assembled in two master Log Books. One Log Book is in the CIPOA Property Manager’s office and the other is in the Golf Course Superintendent’s office.  Both are available for reviewing by Callawassie Island residents. 

The WHP Plan does not interfere with, nor is contrary to, the overall goal of the Island to reach its fiscal and residential “build-out” goals.  Instead, the Wildlife Habitat Preservation/Land Management Plan, as committed to by the CIPOA and CIMC Board of Directors, and adhered to by the CIPOA and CIMC employees, will provide a consistent approach to maintaining Callawassie Island’s common and open space properties in their current beautiful, natural and wildlife friendly state.  If followed, Callawassie Island will be as beautiful in 2031 and beyond as it is today!

Click here to view several properties included in the Wildlife Habitat Plan/Land Management Plan.

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