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Press Release: Upper Savannah Trust Reaches 40,000 Acres Conserved
UPPER SAVANNAH LAND TRUST REACHES 40,000 ACRES CONSERVED For Immediate Release: May 7, 2016 Contact: Wallace Wood, 864-993-5012, wwd@wctel.net Greenwood: The Upper Savannah Land Trust, a Greenwood based conservation organization serving eight western South Carolina counties, announced today that it has reached a milestone by protecting over 40,000 acres of land. Two new easements in […]
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Recommended Story: “Stevens Creek offers trove of rare plants” (The Island Packet, May 2, 2016)
A story recently published in The Island Packet Newspaper features Turkey and Stevens Creeks, both of which are in the USLT priority watershed area. To read this story visit the link to the newspaper article below: http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/article75083022.html
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2016-17 USLT Administrative Committee Announced
Our Administrative Committee through June 30, 2017 consists of: sitting left, Hamp Warner, Vice President; Rossie Corwon, President; standing left, Andy Robinson, Treasurer; Wallace Wood, Executive Director; Rick Green, Secretary
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Emmett I. Davis, Jr. receives 2016 “Peggy Adams Conservation Award”
Peggy Adams presents the 2016 “Peggy Adams Conservation Award” to Emmett I. Davis, Jr. Mr. Davis and his family donated a conservation easement with almost 11,000 acres in 2009. Since then they have place conservation easements on several thousand more acres, some of which has been sold with the easement on it. They now own […]
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Bird-Friendly Forestry • Jackson Program • April 30, 2016
Download the Registration Form here. The SC Tree Farm Committee encourages you to attend this upcoming workshop on managing bottomland forests for improved bird habitat. This class is taught by Audubon staffers and includes an introduction to birds of bottomland forests, forest management recommendations, and a field demonstration. The workshop will be held on April […]
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