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2021 Annual Report

April 6, 2022 by kate

Filed Under: Conservation News

Water Access preserved on St Helena

April 6, 2022 by kate

Twenty-four acres of waterfront property on St. Helena Island was protected on December 22, 2021 when Beaufort County purchased the property for $860,000. Complete with water access, maritime forest and property around an existing county facility, it will be added to the inventory of lands available to county residents as passive parks. “The protection of […]

Filed Under: Conservation Easements, Conservation News, St. Helena Island

2,000 acres protected in St Helena sound

April 6, 2022 by kate

  The Department of Defense (DoD) and Beaufort County Council announced the permanent protection of 2067.77 acres, known as “Oak Point” on the Wimbee River in the St Helena Sound in December 2021. The conservation easement was funded by the DoD and Beaufort County Rural and Critical Land Preservation Program and is held in partnership […]

Filed Under: Conservation Easements, Marine Corps Air Station, Partnerships

88 acres protected on St Helena

December 27, 2021 by kate

  Read more at the Island Packet BEAUFORT, S.C. – Nov 5, 2021 – The Beaufort County Council through the Rural and Critical Land Preservation Program announced the permanent protection of 88 acres of prime agricultural land on St. Helena Island.   Beaufort County Council’s Rural and Critical Lands Preservation Program contributed $325,000 to purchase […]

Filed Under: Conservation Easements, Conservation News, Environment, St. Helena Island, Working Farms

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