In The News

Post & Courier Letter to the Editor

by Trish Carothers — 01:41 PM, 25 February 2008

by Summerville Town Councilman Howard Bridgman

Elizabeth Hagood Awarded “Order of the Palmetto” by Gov. Sanford

by Brian Hedden — 02:32 PM, 14 February 2008

February 14, 2008 - The annual membership meeting of the Lowcountry Open Land Trust was the setting for the surprise awarding of South Carolina’s highest civilian award, the Order of the Palmetto, to Charleston resident Elizabeth M. Hagood.

Land at Heart of Battle to be a Public Park

by Trish Carothers — 12:43 PM, 07 February 2008

February 6, 2008 - Legal dispute over as CSU sells interest in waterfront site.

Land Trust hits Conservation Record

by Trish Carothers — 12:08 PM, 07 February 2008

January 28, 2008 - Lowcountry organization helps save more than 10,000 acres of private land.

SC Appeals Court Rules for LOLT

by Trish Carothers — 12:09 PM, 07 February 2008

January 17, 2008 - Court unanimously upholds trial court’s ruling enforcing LOLT’s contract to purchase important 63-acre Dorchester County tract from CSU.

CSU Must Sell 63 Acres

by Trish Carothers — 12:09 PM, 07 February 2008

January 17, 2008 - The state appeals court ruled Wednesday that Charleston Southern University must sell a riverfront parcel to the Lowcountry Open Land Trust.

CSU ordered to sell Bacon's Bridge tract to LOLT

by Trish Carothers — 11:59 AM, 07 February 2008

Judge Watts rules CSU must honor contract to sell riverfront parcel as part of conservation deal

February 2007 Press Release

by Trish Carothers — 10:42 AM, 14 June 2007

New Board Members Elected and 2006 Protected Properties Announced

Easement on Wadmalaw Preserves Bohicket Waterfront

by Trish Carothers — 12:30 PM, 07 February 2008

Rosebank Estates is a large rural tract and historic cotton plantation situated between Retriever Road and Bohicket Creek, with approximately 3000 feet of water frontage.

Legislative victory for conservation easements

by Trish Carothers — 05:01 PM, 23 August 2006

Easement on Girl Scout Camp Completes Bonneau Ferry Protection

by Trish Carothers — 02:29 PM, 03 May 2006

Cooper River Conservation Efforts Intensify

Technology Grant Updates Website

by Trish Carothers — 04:33 PM, 17 April 2006

Technology Grant Allows LOLT to Create New Website and Electronic Newsletter

Beatties committed to preservation

by matthew — 01:53 PM, 09 October 2006

By Tommy Howard of the Georgetown Times, thoward@gtowntimes.com Frank and Raejean Beattie, owners of Hopsewee Plantation, recently completed a conservation easement for the old plantation home and 21 acres surrounding the pre-Revolutionary War homesite.

Winning Photo

by Trish Carothers — 09:20 AM, 06 April 2006

Mitch Colgan was the winner of the 2005 LOLT Photo Contest, for his reflective photo of turtles. Colgan is Chair of the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences at the College of Charleston.