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It’s easy to give a FRED membership. Just click on this link to get started!

FRED members received an e-mail earlier this week offering $10 Gift Memberships in FRED, and we've gotten a few questions about that offering, so here's the deal:

A special note from FRED President, Tim Rogers. 

The Edisto River means so much to so many.  The beautiful account below from adventure writer Spencer Martel articulates so well the peace and the restorative qualities that bind our people with our River.

This is a guest article from paddling enthusiast and SC native, Spencer Martel, written for Friends of the Edisto. 

The coastal low country harnesses an unique magic. I am called down from the mountains every so often by some beckoning from the saltwater breeze in the Spanish moss. My most recent lure was the great blackwater of the Edisto River. In the twenty some years before I made my leave of South Carolina, I hadn’t acquainted myself with the ACE basin. July seemed as good a time as any to seek solace on its waters.

UPDATED:  8/11/2015

Throughout the summer on many Saturday mornings, Jerry Bell and the folks at the Bamberg Chamber of Commerce provide free shuttle service for paddlers. 

Join this group for a good time on the Edisto River.   For more information or to sign up contact Jerry Bell (803) 300-1972  or email [email protected].   Here are plans for upcoming trips:  

Chamber South Fork River Clean-Up

Saturday, August 8, 2015 (9:00 A.M.)