What Landowners Say About Their Conservation Agreements
(left) “It’s distressing to see what is happening to land in this part of the country. We’re losing so much beautiful land so quickly. We were determined that it was not going to happen to our property.” Helen Sloan
Owner of property in southern Greenville County, now deceased
(right) “Unless something is done, this beautiful highway could end up looking like Woodruff Road. We don’t own much land, but we wanted to do what we could to prevent that from happening.” Kent and Lynn Davis
Owners of property along Highway 11
(left) “I always knew that I was going to protect this wonderful place, but I have to say that the new tax incentives were the main reason I decided to go ahead and get it done last year (2006).” Dianne Culbertson
Owner of Timber Creek Farm in Laurens County
(right) “We sleep very well knowing that this amazing property will be preserved—forever.” Bettina and Don George Owners of Fall Creek Mill and surrounding property in Oconee County
(left) “We did it because we wanted this farm we put so much into to always be a farm. We want it to be here in the future to educate people about agriculture and where food comes from. There’s also a peace that comes from spending time here. There’s a psychological benefit from being on the land that gets me through my daily challenges. And there’s a peace in knowing that when we’re gone, this farm will always remain.” John Palmer
Owner of Greenbrier Farms, an active working farm in Pickens County, now deceased
(right) “Marie and I feel more like trustees of this property than owners. It’s very important to us that this wonderful place remain protected long after we’re gone.” Robert Gregory
Owner of Four Columns Farm in northern Spartanburg County
(left) “My daughters and I wanted to make sure that this green space and wonderful wildlife habitat would be here forever. As we saw the expanding development along Highway 11, we realized our property was an important place to protect. I hope other owners who really care about their property will consider doing the same thing.” Laura Townes
Owner of property along the South Saluda River in Greenville and Pickens Counties
(right) “My family is a member of a partnership that owns a beautiful property on Three and Twenty Creek in Anderson County that is protected by a conservation agreement. We live, farm and hunt on this land, which has the largest wetland in the Upstate and provides very high quality habitat for a wide variety of wildlife. I always enjoy talking with other landowners about how and why we protected our property. “ Dana Leavitt
Upstate Forever Staff Member
Upstate Forever promotes sensible growth and the protection of
special places in the Upstate region of South Carolina.
