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ACE Basin Focus Area
Total acres: 17,580
The ACE (Ashepoo, Combahee and Edisto Rivers) Basin Focus Area encompasses 350,000 acres of upland and wetland habitat along the coast of South Carolina between Charleston and Beaufort.
As one of the largest intact coastal ecosystems on the east coast, the ACE Basin contains six distinct ecosystem habitat types that support nine federally endangered and six federally threatened species, including the bald eagle, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and the wood stork. Additionally, the ACE Basin is home to approximately 30 species listed as endangered, threatened or special by the state of South Carolina.
Agriculture and forestry are the primary land-use types within the ACE Basin. The area has experienced high levels of human activity over time, from rice production in previous centuries to extensive timber management in recent years. Because the Ace Basin is an impressive and healthy estuarine system, both commercial and recreational fisheries are important to the local economy.
Established in 1999, the ACE Basin was the first Focus Area organized under the Joint Ventures of the North American Waterfowl Act. Cooperative efforts among landowners, public agencies and private conservation organizations have resulted in the protection of 128,300 acres. The Lowcountry Open Land Trust protects 50 properties, covering 17,580 acres of natural and rural land.
The ACE Basin Task Force includes: Private landowners; S.C. Department of Natural Resources; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; The Nature Conservancy of S.C.; Ducks Unlimited, Inc.; Lowcountry Open Land Trust; S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism; MeadWestvaco; Nemours Wildlife Foundation.
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ACE Basin Focus Area |
Area Protected |
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Airy Hall Plantation, Ashepoo River |
1062 acres |
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Ashe Point, Yonges Island Belle Vista Bluff |
301 acres 61 acres |
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Battle Family Tracts I and II, Edisto Island Brack Properties Brookland Plantation |
4 acres 34 acres 60 acres |
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Combahee Plantation I and II, Combahee River |
1192 acres |
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Creek House, Edisto Island |
47 acres |
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Dodds Property, Orangeburg County Edelhof |
94 acres 123 acres |
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Green Tree, Green Pond |
232 acres |
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Gregorie Tract, Yonges Island |
280 acres |
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Gun Bluff, Edisto Island |
109 acres |
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Hickory Bluff, Edisto River |
29 acres |
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Horse Island, Wadmalaw Island |
595 acres |
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Horseshoe Tract, Colleton County |
1020 acres |
| Indigo Oaks, Four Holes Swamp |
176 acres |
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Ivanhoe, Ivanhoe Creek |
58 acres |
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Laurel Hill, Edisto Island |
195 acres |
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Lavington Plantation, Ashepoo River |
2324 acres |
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Lavington, Ashepoo River |
794 acres |
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McAlhany Nature Preserve, Edisto River |
370 acres |
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McCollum Tract, Edisto Island |
33 acres |
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Moorer Property, Edisto River |
786 acres |
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My Place, Fenwick |
38 acres |
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Oak Island Plantation I and II, Edisto Island Old House Plantation |
347 acres 269 acres |
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Paul & Dalton Plantation, Combahee River |
2122 acres |
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Plum Hill Plantation, Combahee River |
945 acres |
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Prospect Hill Farm, Neyles |
226 acres |
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Prospect Hill Plantation, Parkers Ferry |
87 acres |
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Ravenel Tract, Ravenel |
527 acres |
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Ravenwood Plantation, Chessey Creek |
392 acres |
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Remley Point Plantation, Chessey Creek |
467 acres |
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Rock Spring Plantation, Fuller Swamp Round O Farm |
370 acres 90 acres |
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Salt Creek, Toogoodoo Creek |
28 acres |
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Seabrook Plantation, Edisto Island |
251 acres |
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Shell Point, South Fenwick Island |
45 acres |
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Slann Island Plantation, Slann Island |
375 acres |
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St. Margaret’s Island, Edisto Island |
33 acres |
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Temple of Sport, Green Pond |
478 acres |
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Tilt Tract, Cuckhold Creek |
80 acres |
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Truesdale Tract, Toogoodoo Creek |
43 acres |
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Wilson Tract, Toogoodoo Creek |
23 acres |
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Windsor House Plantation, Edisto Island |
262 acres |
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Windswept Farms, Meggett |
103 acres |
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