Digital Library

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The Nature-Based Exchange is accepting case studies for inclusion in a new Digital Library that will feature natural and nature-based projects from around South Carolina to showcase the wide range of nature-based solutions found in our state.

Organizations or individuals who have installed any type of natural or nature-based solution in South Carolina are encouraged to fill out the case study submission form to tell us about the project. (Multiple projects are encouraged, but please keep it to one project per submission.) Submitted projects should be completed or almost completed to provide as much information as possible. The form will ask questions encompassing basic project information (location, project type, cost, funding) as well as questions specific to the project’s implementation and lessons learned.

The Nature-Based Exchange will take the data submitted and transform it into a two-page visual spread that will be available for public access through the Digital Library on the Nature-Based Exchange website. Submitters will be provided with a PDF file of their submitted case study to be used for their own outreach purposes. (Please note that the Nature-Based Exchange may follow up on submitted projects to gather additional information on monitoring and maintenance for a future case study update.) Case studies will be accepted on a rolling basis.

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Learn more about submitting an abstract or a case study.

View the case study design template.

View an example of a case study for the Digital Library.

Thank you for teaching us about the great work happening in South Carolina!

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Boyd Living Shoreline

Georgetown, SC | The Nature Conservancy

(Photo courtesy of The Nature Conservancy)

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Edisto Island Septic System Improvement Program

Edisto Island Watershed, SC | Edisto Island Open Land Trust

(Photo courtesy of Edisto Island Open Land Trust)

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Improving the Resilience of Salt Marsh Ecosystems Within the ACE Basin NERR Through the Creation of Intertidal Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Reef Habitat

South Fenwick Island, ACE Basin NERR, SC | South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

(Photo courtesy of South Carolina Department of Natural Resources)

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