In June 2025, Santee Cooper – a state-owned electric utility – filed an application to update a power line right-of-way through the Audubon Center and Sanctuary at Francis Beidler Forest.

For Firefly Nights 2025 we offered seven programs to the public.

Busy Bird, Lazy Summer

How a Fence Rescue Became a Fawn's Second Chance

A Hidden Botanical Gem Among the Trees

An Uncommon Plant Hidden in the Weeds

Here at Beidler Forest we’re bringing back the tradition by offering locally gleaned pollen straight from Four Holes Swamp!

A Beidler Celebrity