The Freeman Preserve, approximately 50 acres located off Chukker Creek Road, includes mixed forest, spring fed streams, a pond and abundant wildlife.

George and Gretchen Wintersteen generously donated a conservation easement on the historic Clark Barn and its surrounding 2.5 acres in 2005. Although the historic Horse District is already protected by…

Carolina Bay Nature Preserve is a great example of concerned citizens working with the Aiken Land Conservancy to protect the places they love. Back in April of 1996, 14 acres…

Preserving Things the Way They Came to Us by Stephen Hale To preserve land that had been passed down to him through many generations, over 272 years, Wade and his…

ALC’s first major conservation easement was donated by Mrs. Arthur T. Lyman in 1994. This 94-acre easement includes a large hay meadow that sweeps down to a wetland seep containing…

CONSERVATION CONVERSATION “There is somewhat of a misconception around conservation easements that a property under easement can no longer be used or sold or left to future generations.  Rather than seeing…

CONSERVATION CONVERSATION With Lee and Roger Dane: Edisto Farm Reserve Why a conservation easement? A tax deduction. That was nice, too. But for us the main incentive was permanent protection…