This May, five UGA students spent two weeks on Sapelo Island as part of Nik Heynen’s Geography of the Georgia Coast domestic field-study course associated […]
12.20.2018
New Partnership to Reintroduce Indigo on Sapelo Island
The Cornelia Walker Bailey Program on Land and Agriculture has entered into a partnership with the International Center for Indigo Culture (ICIC) and the State […]
11.27.2018
Heynen and Bailey Awarded Grant from UGA’s Willson Center for Humanities and Arts
Co-Directors Nik Heynen and Maurice Bailey were notified that they have been awarded a research grant titled “Remembering Yesterday, Fighting for Tomorrow: The Cornelia Walker […]
10.13.2018
Phase 3 of SICARS Sugarcane Project Begins
A new crop of purple ribbon sugarcane was planted on Sapelo Island this week. As part of a long-term project being led by the Sapelo […]
10.12.2018
Cornelia Walker Bailey Program Assists with Sugarcane Harvest at SICARS
This week, a group of volunteers connected to the Cornelia Walker Bailey Program spent several days on Sapelo Island to assist with the harvesting of […]
10.08.2018
Cornelia Walker Bailey Program Partners with Davidson College
Students from Davidson College were able to visit Sapelo Island and provide assistance with the Cornelia Walker Bailey Program. Two of the students—Jennifer Thompson and […]
01.20.2018
Heynen and Hardy Awarded NSF Grant
Nik Heynen and Dean Hardy have been awarded a NSF Research Grant titled “A Socio-Ecological Investigation of the Long-Term Impacts of Uneven Exurban Development, Sea-Level […]
11.21.2017
Second Phase of SICARS Sugarcane Project Underway
After the floodwaters brought on by Hurricane Irma subsided it seemed our efforts to revive sugarcane on Sapelo Island might be over as the first […]
09.14.2017
Hurricane Irma Floods New SICARS Sugarcane Project
Hurricane Irma created a great deal of damage on Sapelo Island. Flood waters from the storm surge was especially damaging for many residents in the […]
08.27.2017
Red Peas Are the Backbone of an Island Community off the Georgia Coast
Sapelo, a barrier island in Georgia south of Savannah, is home to a population of people who self-identify as Geechees — descendants of slaves and […]