• Emmett I. Davis, Jr. receives 2016 “Peggy Adams Conservation Award”

    Posted on April 9, 2016

    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

    Posted on April 5, 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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  • Index-Journal Covers USLT’s Annual Meeting

    Posted on March 28, 2016

    Index Journal, March 25, 2016 Upper Savannah Land Trust talks about environment with SCETV star By Damian Dominguez Toss the turf grass and add mystery to your yard — that’s the solution for protecting local wildlife that was heralded by Amanda McNulty, star of S.C. ETV’s “Making it Grow”at the annual Upper Savannah Land Trust (USLT) […]

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  • USLT 2016 Annual Meeting – March 24, 2016 @ 5:30 p.m.

    Posted on February 26, 2016

    Downloadable PDF: USLT Annual Meeting Flyer 2016

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  • Press Release: Tax Laws Give Conservation a Boost

    Posted on February 15, 2016

    Upper Savannah Land Trust Wallace Wood Executive Director wwd@wctel.net 864-993-5012 For Immediate Release February 7, 2016 Tax Laws Give Conservation a Boost With the passage of the America Gives More Act by Congress at the end of 2015, landowners who place conservation easements on their farms and forests get additional federal and state tax incentives, […]

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