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Aiken County Open Land Trust
PO Box 3096
Aiken, SC 29802-3096
Phone: 803-648-1546

The Aiken County Open Land Trust is a non-profit organization dedicated to preservation of open space in Aiken County, South Carolina. To date, the Trust has preserved nearly 400 acres of land throughout Aiken County.


Beaufort County Open Land Trust
PO Box 75
Beaufort, SC 29901-0075
Phone: 843-521-2175
Fax: 843-521-1946

Founded in 1971, the turst operates in Beaufort County, from the Combahee River to the Savannah River.


Black Creek Land Trust
PO Box 507
Darlington, SC 29540-0507
Phone: 843-393-3881
Fax: 843-393-6089

Founded in 1981, the Black Creek Land Trust operates in Darlington, South Carolina.


Civil War Preservation Trust
1515 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 350
Arlington, VA 22209-2441
Phone: 703-682-2350
Fax: 703-516-4947

The Civil War Preservation Trust is America's largest non-profit organization devoted to the preservation of our nation's endangered Civil War battlefield lands.



PO Box 232
Columbia, SC 29202-0232
Phone: 803-988-0000
Fax: 803-988-0202

The Congaree Land Trust was established in 1992 to conserve the natural and scenic lands, farms, waterways, forests, and open spaces in Central South Carolina by assisting landowners with voluntary land conservation.


Edisto Island Open Land Trust
PO Box 1
Edisto Island, SC 29438-0001
Phone: 803-869-9004

Founded in 1994, the trust operates on Edisto Island, Scouth Carolina.


Friends of the Reedy River
PO Box 9351
Greenville, SC 29604-9351
Phone: 864-232-9720

(FoRR) is a local grassroots nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to promoting, preserving and restoring the Reedy River, Greenville's "hometown river."


Hilton Head Island Land Trust
18 Wild Laurel Lane
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926-2649
Phone: 803-689-2595

Established in 1987, the conservation trust operates on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.


Katawba Valley Land Trust
PO Box 1776
Lancaster, SC 29721-1776
Phone: 803-285-9455

Established in 1992, the trust operates Lancaster, Chester, York and Kershaw Counties, South Carolina.


Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy
23 Beachwalker Drive
Kiawah Island, SC 29455-5652
Phone: 843-768-2029
Fax: 843-768-4019

KINHC's objectives are to preserve and protect the natural environment of Kiawah Island and its environs by identifying, preserving and appropriately managing the critical habitat needed to maintain a healthy, balanced and diverse population of native flora and fauna.


Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust
223 N Live Oak Drive # A-3
Moncks Corner, SC 29461-3707
Phone: 843-719-4725
Fax: 803-719-4207

Founded in 1992, the trust operates in Berkeley, South Carolina.


Lowcountry Open Land Trust
485 East Bay Street
Charleston, SC 29403-6336
Phone: 843-577-6510
Fax: 843-577-0501

The Lowcountry Open Land Trust seeks to assist landowners, in particular, in permanently protecting lands that are valued by their communities - whether they be forest, farm or hunting lands, wildlife habitat, river and road corridors, or open spaces and scenic vistas.


Highlands Land Trust
PO Box 1703
Highlands, NC 28741-1703
828-526-9938 ext. 16

The mission of the Highlands Land Trust is to preserve and protect the lands we hold in trust, maintaining their natural state for the public.


Nation Ford Land Trust
PO Box 75
Fort Mill, SC 29716-0075
Phone: 803-547-2003
Fax: 803-547-6006

Founded in 1989, the Nation Ford Land Trust operates in York County.


Naturaland Trust
PO Box 728
Greenville, SC 29602-0728
Phone: 803-242-3131

Founded in 1973, the trust operates in Western South Carolina and adjoining mountains of North Carolina.


Pacolet Area Conservancy
Post Office Box 310
Columbus, NC 28722-0310
Phone: 828-894-3018
Fax: 828-894-2275

The mission of the PAC is to preserve and to protect land and natural resources in the greater Pacolet area through conservation easements and gifts of land for this and future generations.


Pee Dee Land Trust
300 Russell Street, Suite 209
Darlington, SC 29532-3329
Phone: 843-939-9809 x4
Fax: 843-395-1408

The Pee Dee Land Trust was formed in 1999 and serves the counties of Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Marion and Marlboro located in Northeastern of South Carolina.


South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust
PO Box 12441
Charleston, SC 29422-2441
Phone: 803-762-3563

The South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation of the South Carolina's historic battlegrounds and military historic sites. Primary areas of interest are the American Revolution and the American Civil War (War Between the States).


Spartanburg Conservation Endowment
PO Box 18168
Spartanburg, SC 29318-8168
Phone: 864-595-6006
Fax: 864-595-1195

The Spartanburg Conservation Endowment is a non–profit conservation organization preserving and protecting natural areas of ecological, historical or aesthetic value for public benefit.


The Nature Conservancy, South Carolina Chapter
P.O. Box 5475
Columbia, SC 29250
Phone: 803-254-9049
Fax: 803-252-7134

The South Carolina chapter achieves the Conservancy's mission by communicating the urgency for protection of natural lands and their flora and fauna and renewing our commitment to ... the conservation ethic in order to protect and manage South Carolina's most imperiled natural systems. The South Carolina chapter has preserved almost 165,000 acres of land.


Upstate Forever
PO Box 2308
Greenville, SC 29602-2308
Phone: 864-241-4004
Fax: 864-250-0788

One of Upstate Forever's principal missions is achieving, through its Land Trust Program, the permanent protection of valuable lands and natural resources in the upstate region of South Carolina. The cornerstone of this program is the conservation easement.

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