Creating Space for What Comes Next on St. Helena
Sometimes conservation looks like marshes and longleaf forests. Sometimes it looks like protecting a view, a public access point, or a place where a community can still recognize itself years from now.
Honoring our past and protecting our future
Betty, John and Marguerite didn’t set out to save the Lowcountry. Not at first.
Land Trust Accreditation Renewal
Open Land Trust is pleased to announce that it is applying for renewal of accreditation through the Land Trust Accreditation Commission.
Keeping the Lowcountry, the Lowcountry
H&H Farm is a 534-acre family property just five miles west of Walterboro, where the Hiott and Clark families have long enjoyed the woods and waters of the ACE Basin.
From a Threatened Crossroads to a New State Forest
Some conservation wins feel like the relief of finding the puzzle piece you’ve been searching for. Pocotaligo Station is one of those wins. This land sits where three counties (Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper) and two rivers (Tulifinny & Pocotaligo) meet.
From the ACE Basin to the Savannah River
One of the driving forces of success of the ACE Basin initiative – a thriving landscape of protected land totaling over 320,000 acres between the Ashepoo, Combahee and Edisto (ACE) Rivers – is that it started with just a few landowners and grew with passion, persistence and partnership. Neighbor to neighbor, landowner to landowner, state to federal agency, public park to private land trust for 36 years and counting.