A sandy woodland of pine trees and wetlands will become South Carolina’s sixth state forest through efforts to protect the property from sprawling development in the Lowcountry.
State conservation leaders met Thursday in Dorchester County to tout acquisition of the more than 1,600 acres near Summerville.
To be called the Old Beech Hill State Forest, the property will be set aside for timber harvesting, public recreation and landscape conservation, according to the S.C. Forestry Commission, which will manage the land…