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Greetings!
Welcome to the Blue Wall Weekly, your source for what's going on outside along the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment. Feel free to share your own photos, videos, and adventures along the Blue Wall by sending them to the email address at the bottom of the page, and we'll do our best to make you (locally) famous!
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Peace on the Water
On the western edge of Lake Jocassee, lichen-crested rock rises sharply out of heath thickets and sourwood woods. Down where rock meets water, kayakers drift, unhurried, paddles dipping rhythmically into man-made lake. Close to the shore they hear bumblebees browsing spectacular rhododendron flowers. They listen for the song of hidden waterfalls. They exclaim at the dipping flight of belted kingfishers, or a juvenile bald eagle gliding overhead. Let the noisy motorboats zoom to the north end of the lake and jockey for position at waterfalls on this busy Fourth of July weekend. Leave the western edge to the peaceful paddlers, and the eagles. ~K
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Peaceful holiday weekend paddlers
on Lake Jocassee
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SPECIAL EVENTS
WITH JOCASSEE LAKE TOURS
Fridays through Aug. 26; 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
July 10, 12, 24, 26: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Kids Kayak Class and Fun Adventures! Book Now!
July 5, 19: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
August 2, 16, 30: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
July 12: 7:00-9:00 PM
July 17: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Morning quiet on Lake Jocassee
STATE PARK EVENTS
Oconee Station State Historic Site
Park Grounds Open Daily: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Originally a military compound and later a trading post, this Historic Site offers both recreational opportunities and a unique look at 18th and 19th century South Carolina.
Oconee State Park
July 8: 7:00-9:00 PM
OSP invites you to spend your summer Friday nights enjoying live music by the Dixie Bluegrass Boys and lots of family fun!
Table Rock State Park
July 9: 2:00-6:00 PM
Enjoy traditional Blue Grass music as local musicians gather at Table Rock Lodge to keep this inspirational talent alive. Visitors are invited to bring their acoustic instruments and join in a jam session or simply sit back to enjoy the music with the lake and mountains as a beautiful backdrop.
Table Rock Lodge, Photo by Ranger Phil
OTHER OUTDOOR EVENTS
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
July 1-August 29
The survey involves agency wildlife biologists, technicians, and conservation officers, as well as many volunteers from other natural resource agencies and the general public in order to estimate reproduction and recruitment of wild turkeys in South Carolina.
Wild Turkey, SCDNR photo
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
July 1-August 29
SCDNR collects info on bobwhite and wild turkey sightings from people who spend time outside.
Holly Springs Center
July 4-8: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Are you looking for affordable, safe, and reliable child care this summer? Look no further because the HSC offers day camp all summer long!!!
Highlands Biological Foundation
July 7: 6:00-7:00 PM
Join Dr. Jan F. Simek for this lecture which will provide an overview of the ancient cave art of Appalachia and how it relates to both early and living Native American cultures in the region.
Mushroom Mountain
July 9-10: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
This 5 year mushroom foraging permit meets the criteria required by the state health departments and formally approved for the foraging and selling of wild mushrooms in the following states: South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Pennsylvannia, New York, Rhode Island.
SC BOTANICAL GARDEN EVENTS
Please Support
JOCASSEE WILD OUTDOOR EDUCATION (JWOE)
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WEEKLY EVENTS
WITH JOCASSEE LAKE TOURS
Tuesday throgh Sunday:
10:00 AM-2:00 PM
Wednesday & Saturday: 7:00-9:00 PM
CALL OR BOOK ONLINE TO RESERVE SEATS
PRIVATE TOURS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE!
FISHING ADVENTURES WITH CAPT. ZACH
Call to Book!
THIS WEEK ON LAKE JOCASSEE
JULY 4, 2022
Have you ever heard the song of a bald eagle? If not, you’ll find it quite a surprise. I was sitting at the remote ramp at Devils Fork SP one early morning this week, listening to the earth awake, watching the lake become illuminated. A quiet chirp type bird sound came from the deep woods of the cove next to the ramp, a bird sound I wasn’t used to hearing there. I turned on my Merlin app, the absolute best tool to have when trying to identify birds by their songs or calls, and up pops bald eagle! Well, that’s about ridiculous, I said to myself. It sounds like some small woodland wren or sparrow. Then, out from the cove flies a mature bald eagle. The biggest, most ferocious raptor in the eastern U.S! Listen to the sound clip here. You won’t believe your ears. ~B
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bald_Eagle/sounds
Western NC Backpackers
July 15: 5:00 PM-July 17: 4:00 PM
Foothills Trail: Backpacking with a Sunset Boat Tour: Lake Jocassee
GNHA
July 23
OTHER OUTDOOR EVENTS
Holly Springs Center
July 11-15: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Mushroom Mountain
July 14: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Highlands Biological Foundation
July 14: 6:00-7:00 PM
Mushroom Mountain
July 16
Greenville County Bird Club
July 16: 7:00 AM-12:00 PM (Longer walk)
July 16: 8:00-10:30 AM (Shorter walk)
Conestee Nature Preserve
July 16: 8:00-10:00 AM
Hagood Mill Historic Site
July 16: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
South Carolina Adopt-a-Stream
July 18: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
South Carolina Adopt-a-Stream
July 19: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Sierra Club of SC
July 21: 10:00 AM
Highlands Biological Foundation
July 21: 6:00-7:00 PM
Conestee Nature Preserve
July 30: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
SC BOTANICAL GARDEN EVENTS
July 11-15: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
July 13: 8:00-9:30 PM
BORROWED GLIMPSES
Happy Fourth of July Everyone!
The hillsides are bright with these beauties! Rhododenron maximum aka Great rhododendron.
Sponsored by Friends of Jocassee
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DID YOU KNOW?
Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA) seeks to dedicate $1.3 billion in existing revenue from mineral and energy development on federal lands to the conservation of America's wildlife, fisheries and habitats. Under the Wildlife Conservation Restoration Program, monies would be allocated directly to the states to manage our nation's threatened and endangered species and the natural areas they call home. South Carolina would be eligible for over $15 million annually in additional funding to implement our State Wildlife Action Plan. Currently our state receives approximately $650,000 a year for these efforts. Present funding is insufficient to successfully conserve and managed the over 800 identified species of conservation concern in South Carolina. Read more here!
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ABOUT THE BLUE WALL
Spanning three states (North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia) and encompassing 859,000 acres, the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment, known as the 'Blue Wall' by Native Americans, contains some of the highest natural diversity of rare plants and animals found anywhere in the world.
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Phone: 864-280-5501
Jocassee Lake Tours Depart from the Main Dock at Devils Fork State Park
PLEASE CALL 864-280-5501 AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS!
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Enjoy this Lake Jocassee peaceful hideaway.
CAMP GLAMP!
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Love Jocassee? Help protect and preserve the beauty of Lake Jocassee and the Jocassee Gorges by joining FOJ!
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.png) Visit Oconee Convention and Visitors Bureau
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Your Portal to Paradise!
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Lake Jocassee
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Lake Keowee
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