COLUMBIA — An attorney for the state Forestry Commission will take charge of the South Carolina agency overseeing land conservation, the Conservation Bank announced Friday.
The agency’s oversight board selected 42-year-old David Jones to take the helm from director Raleigh West, who is leaving the role in July to establish his own law firm specializing in conservation.
Over the past three years with the Forestry Commission, Jones has helped ink deals to buy and preserve land, often working across agencies and with legislators, according to a Friday news release…