TYBEE ISLAND RESILIENCE TOUR

Tybee is a small community of 3,000 residents that saw 6.5 million visitors last year, with as many as 60,000 people on a holiday weekend in the summer. It is a coastal barrier island about a 20-minute drive from Savannah, within Chatham County, both of which expect to see 20% population growth by 2030. Tybee is bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north by the Savannah River Channel which serves the Port of Savannah, the third largest port in the U.S., and to the west by a tidal salt marsh that extends the length of Georgia’s 100 miles of coastline.

The beach, dunes, and marsh are critical habitat for nesting sea turtles, several endangered bird species, fish and wildlife, and hundreds of thousands of migrating shorebirds each year. Surrounded by water on all sides, with a high elevation of only 14 feet and a water…