A family in South Carolina that has owned 37 acres for over 115 years has donated the land for conservation.
According to local business outlet SCBIZ, Lowcountry Land Trust, a nonprofit that aims to protect the area’s waterways and lands, placed the donated property on Johns Island under a conservation easement that will ensure the plot remains undeveloped.
Conservation easements — or legal agreements that set permanent limits on how landowners can use land — are among the best ways to preserve natural spaces. And land donations are a tool that many have used to protect nature for future generations…