Upstate Forever
Press Release Archive |
Release Date |
Description |
| 05/02/08 |
Upstate Forever to unveil $1.1 million clean water strategy
Public and private partners will collaborate on market-driven solutions... more |
| 4/22/08 |
Upstate Forever Turns 10
A Series of Special Events Will Be Held To Celebrate A Decade Of Advocacy And Land Protection more...
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| 2/12/08 |
STUDY PREDICTS EXTENT OF DEVELOPED LAND IN UPSTATE WILL TRIPLE BY 2030
Result Can Be Avoided By Planning for More Efficient Growth...
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| 1/04/08 |
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS REPORT THAT THE TYGER RIVER DAM PROPOSAL BY UNION COUNTY IS DEAD. THE US ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS PAS STUDY REPORTS THAT TYGER RIVER DAM PROPOSAL BY UNION COUNTY IS NOT ECONOMICALLY JUSTIFIED
The US Army Corp of Engineers (ACE) has completed its long over-due study of the feasibility of a proposed dam of the Tyger River in Union County, South Carolina... more |
| 12/17/07 |
Upstate Forever Works to Make Key Pickens County Property Available to the Public--Forever
2,208-Acre Nine Times Tract a “Top Priority” Conservation Project... more |
| 12/10/07 |
Upstate Forever Adds Seven New Board and Staff Members
Hartness and Grantham Join Board;Barrett, Crowe, Garrett, Hallo and Robbins Added to Staff... more |
| 11/20/07 |
UPSTATE FOREVER NAMES ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS
Upstate Forever is pleased to announce the following winners of its Annual Awards for 2007... more |
| 9/13/07 |
New Study: Smog Poses Greater Health Risk Because of Global Warming
More Bad Air Days for Southeast U.S. Cities... more |
| 9/11/07 |
UPSTATE FOREVER TO HOLD CONSERVATION AGREEMENTS CONFERENCE ON SEPTEMBER 1
Continuing Education Credits Available for Accountants, Attorneys, Financial Planners and Foresters... more |
| 6/20/07 |
FUNDING FOR FIRST PHASE OF STUMPHOUSE MOUNTAIN PROJECT APPROVED BY CONSERVATION BANK BOARD
Funds Will Allow Upstate Forever To Protect City of Walhalla’s Watershed Property ...more |
| 5/30/07 |
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT TO IMPROVE IN GREENVILLE COUNTY
Innovative and creative management solutions are just around the corner ...more |
| 5/25/07 |
GREENVILLE COUNTY AND UPSTATE FOREVER OFFER
STORMWATER SYMPOSIUM
Event will address the future of stormwater management in Greenville County ... more |
| 5/21/07 |
Public Comments Sought in Upstate Forever’s
Land Trust Accreditation
Comments should be submitted by July 20 more... |
| 5/11/07 |
ENERGY POLICY EXPERT TO DISCUSS SOUTH CAROLINA’S ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS Dr. Stephen Smith to speak at Furman University on May 15...more |
| 3/23/07 |
Upstate Forever Adds Brown to Board, Bergerud to Staff Shi and Dunlap Join Advisory Council Upstate Forever is pleased to announce four new additions to its Board, staff, and Advisory Council ...more |
| 2/27/07 |
Upstate Forever Chosen for National Accreditation Pilot Program
Only Organization in the Southeast Selected ...more |
| 2/22/07 |
Twenty-two Land Conservation Organizations Selected for National Accreditation Pilot ProgramTwenty-two land conservation organizations from 19 states have been selected to test a new national accreditation program...more |
| 1/10/07 |
UPSTATE FOREVER TO HOST FIRST ANNUAL ART & CONSERVATION CELEBRATION Event will showcase some of the most beautiful nature-based artwork in the country...more |
| 1/9/07 |
UPSTATE FOREVER ANNOUNCES RECORD YEAR IN LAND PROTECTION Upstate Forever just wrapped up the best year ever for its land protection program. The organization protected almost as much land in 2006 as it did during the first six years of its land trust program...more |
| 11/10/06 |
VINEY NAMED DIRECTOR OF UPSTATE FOREVER SPARTANBURG OFFICE Upstate Forever is pleased to announce that Angela Viney has been named the new Director of its office in Spartanburg...more |
8/01/06 |
Upstate Forever Hosts Talented Student Interns
Upstate Forever is utilizing the talents of four summer interns from a diversity of disciplines as the organization continues its vital work in the Upstate area... more |
12/05/05 |
Upstate Forever Announces Annual
Award Winners
Upstate Forever is pleased to announce the winners of its Annual Awards for 2005...more |
| 5/23/05 |
Upstate
Forever Welcomes Six New Staff Members
Upstate Forever announces six new staff additions as the organization
continues to expand its work in the Upstate area...more |
| 4/7/05 |
Upstate House to Be Working Example
For Environmentally Sensitive Living
Private Residence Will Be Open For Public Tours...more |
2/11/05 |
Dana
Leavitt of Upstate Forever Wins Statewide Conservation Award
Dana Leavitt, Director of Upstate
Forever’s Land Trust, was recently recognized by the
South Carolina Wildlife Federation (SCWF) as the State's Land
Conservationist of the Year... more |
2/8/05 |
Important
Tract In The Old Hunt Country Preserved
Upstate Forever is pleased to announce the receipt of a conservation
easement protecting an important 156-acre tract in Polk County,
North Carolina adjoining the South Carolina state line...more |
1/3/05 |
NATIONAL
EXPERT ON PUBLIC PARKS AND OPEN SPACES TO SPEAK IN UPSTATE
Upstate Forever is pleased to announce that Will Abberger,
a national expert on public parks, open spaces and natural
areas, will be speaking in the Upstate on January 13 and 14,
2005...more |
12/29/04 |
McABEE
AND SHEHAN JOIN UPSTATE FOREVER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Upstate
Forever is pleased to announce that Patti McAbee and Ted
Shehan have joined its Board of Directors...more |
12/5/04 |
Upstate
Forever Wins Statewide Advocacy Award
Upstate Forever has
been named South Carolina’s
Outstanding Planning Advocate of the Year by the S.C. Chapter
of the American Planning Association (SCAPA)...more |
11/16/04 |
UPSTATE
FOREVER NAMES ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS
Upstate Forever is pleased
to announce the following winners of its Annual Awards for
2004...more |
8/3/04 |
UPSTATE
FOREVER ANNOUNCES STAFF FOR NEW SPARTANBURG OFFICE
Upstate
Forever recently announced that the Mary Black Foundation
made a wonderful five-year grant that will enable us to open
an
office in Spartanburg and to undertake certain “Active
Living” initiatives in accordance with the Foundation’s
guidelines...more |
5/12/04 |
Mast
General Store Names Upstate Forever As The Beneficiary Of
Land Trust Day
Mast General Store in downtown Greenville
has selected Upstate Forever as the beneficiary of their Land
Trust Day...more |
5/11/04 |
SENATOR
TO EXPLAIN “ENVISION UTAH” PROGRAM
Program Could
Be Model for Similar Initiative on Future Growth and Development
of the Upstate...more |
| 4/12/04 |
EASTATOEE
VALLEY OWNER AGREES TO PRESERVE LAND
Linda Bowie Grants First
Conservation Easement In the Valley
The Eastatoee Valley in
northern Pickens County is a place of stunning beauty and extraordinary
ecological importance...more |
| 3/25/04 |
BRAD
WYCHE NAMED PRESIDENT OF
SOUTH CAROLINA LAND TRUST NETWORK ...more |
| 3/24/04 |
SUE
PRIESTER JOINS UPSTATE FOREVER ADVISORY COUNCIL
Upstate Forever
is pleased to announce that Sue Priester of Greer has joined
its Advisory Council...more |
| 2/12/04 |
LESESNE
JOINS UPSTATE FOREVER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MAXSON
NAMED DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT...more |
| 1/5/04 |
SCENIC
PARIS MOUNTAIN PROPERTY PRESERVED
A richly scenic 15-acre
tract on Paris Mountain has been preserved through a conservation
easement granted to Upstate Forever by the late philanthropist
Allen Graham...more |
| 11/26/03 |
Upstate
Forever is pleased to announce the following winners of its
Annual Awards for 2003...more |
| 11/11/03 |
UPSTATE
FOREVER CELEBRATES 5th ANNIVERSARY
Upstate Forever celebrated its fifth anniversary during the
2003 Annual Meeting of its members at the Walnut Grove Plantation
on November 8...more |
| 8/1/03 |
Erwin
Maddrey Joins Board of Directors
Jason
Van Driesche Joins Upstate Forever Staff ...more |
| 7/11/03 |
UPPER
SECTIONS OF LAKE GREENWOOD
SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
A new study shows that
the upper sections of Lake Greenwood have been severely impacted
by sediment...more |
| 5/27/03 |
WERMUTH
AND YOUNG JOIN UPSTATE FOREVER STAFF...more |
| 5/13/03 |
CARLTON
OWEN NAMED NEW CHAIRMAN OF UPSTATE FOREVER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TOM
KESTER AND NEAL WORKMAN JOIN BOARD...more |
| 3/17/03 |
COTTON
PATCH PROPERTY PRESERVED
The stunning 400-acre
property in Polk County known as “The
Cotton Patch” has been preserved through a conservation
easement granted to Upstate Forever...more |
| 3/7/03 |
$1.5
MILLION COMMITTED TO
SALUDA-REEDY WATERSHED PROJECT
Two grants totaling
$1.5 million will launch a comprehensive project focused on
the Saluda-Reedy watershed...more |
| 2/13/03 |
PRESENTATIONS
ON WALKABLE COMMUNITIES
TO BE HELD IN THE UPSTATE
Upstate Forever announced
today that a series of presentations, entitled “Creating
Walkable Communities,” will be held throughout
the region...more |
| 1/16/03 |
600-ACRE
TRACT ALONG BROAD RIVER PRESERVED
Conservation
Easement Believed To Be The First In Union County’s
History...more |
| 11/14/02 |
UPSTATE
FOREVER ANNOUNCES ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS
Members of Upstate Forever Board of Directors Also
Named...more |
4/2/02 |
SEDIMENT SURVEY OF LAKE GREENWOOD
TO BE CONDUCTED
Upstate Forever, the Foothills Resource Conservation
and Development (RC&D) Council, and the Ninety Six District
RC&D Council announced today that they will conduct a
sediment survey of Lake Greenwood upstream of the Highway
221 bridge...more |
| 4/4/02 |
Support
Upstate Forever And See a Terrific Play...more |
| 4/2/02 |
RUSSELL
HARRIS JOINS UPSTATE FOREVER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Upstate
Forever announced today that Russell Harris of Anderson has joined
its Board of Directors...more |
| 4/2/02 |
UPSTATE
FOREVER RECEIVES TWO STATE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS
Upstate
Forever has been honored with two state awards for its work
in conservation and environmental education...more |
| 3/20/02 |
UPSTATE
FOREVER TO HOST MAJOR CONFERENCE ON ZONING
Upstate
Forever announced today that it will host a major regional
conference on zoning, entitled “The “Z-Word”:
A Discussion of Zoning in the Upstate.” ...more |
| 1/31/02 |
COUPLE
PRESERVES LAND ALONG HIGHWAY 11
Kent and Lynn Davis have granted a conservation easement to
Upstate Forever that will ensure the permanent protection of
approximately 28 acres along Highway 11 in northern Greenville County...more |
| 9/10/01 |
UPSTATE
IS BEING DEVELOPED AT THE RATE OF A NEW HAYWOOD MALL EVERY
THREE DAYS
Land is being developed in the
Upstate at the rate of a brand new Haywood Mall about
every three days, according to the data compiled by the
United States Department of Agriculture...more |
| 7/13/01 |
CHAMBERLAIN
AND LEAVITT JOIN
UPSTATE FOREVER STAFF ...more |
| 6/11/01 |
Green
School Expert Coming to Greenville on June 11, 2001 ...more |
| 6/7/01 |
LAND
ADJOINING JOCASSEE GORGES PROPERTY DONATED TO STATE
Greenville
residents Lucy S. Tiller and Georgia Mills Craig have donated
to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
approximately 44 acres of undeveloped land that directly adjoin
the Jocassee Gorges property...more |
| 6/7/01 |
MARRERO,
PATTERSON AND YON JOIN UPSTATE FOREVER’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS...more |
| 4/17/01 |
GREEN
DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN GREENVILLE
Upstate
Forever, a non-profit organization promoting sensible growth
and sustainable development practices in the Upstate, announced
today that it will host a major, all-day conference on “
Green Development: New Directions in Land Use and Design” ...more |
| 11/21/00 |
SLOAN
FAMILY GRANTS CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON 200 ACRES OF LAND
IN SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY
Helen Sloan
and her five children announced today that they will
grant a conservation easement on approximately 200 acres
of land in southern Greenville County...more |
| 10/12/00 |
UPSTATE
FOREVER AND FOOTHILLS RC&D
COUNCIL
ANNOUNCE MAJOR CONFERENCE ON CONSERVATION EASEMENTS...more |
| 6/14/00 |
UPSTATE FOREVER RECEIVES MAJOR
GRANT
FROM CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION
Tricia
King Named As Director of Resource Protection...more |
| 6/1/00 |
GEORGE
DEAN JOHNSON, JR. AND AMANDA BAUKNIGHT JOIN UPSTATE FOREVER’S
BOARD OF DIRECTORS...more |
