Upstate Forever
Conservation Agreements

Sloan Property

      Helen Sloan and her five children granted to Upstate Forever a conservation agreement on approximately 192 acres of land in southern Greenville County. The property includes Huff Creek and supports a wide variety of wildlife, including owls, hawks, wood ducks and turkey. The agreement allows the owner to maintain the existing home and to build no more than three additional residences.

"It's distressing to see what is happening to land in this part of the county. We're losing so much beautiful land so quickly. We were determined that it was not going to happen to our property." Helen Sloan

The agreement allows forestry and agriculture uses to continue in accordance with best management practices and in a way that achieves the owner’s goal of protecting and enhancing wildlife habitat. The farm has four small residences that may be maintained, updated or replaced, but no additional development is permitted. The agreement contains stringent provisions protecting the riparian buffer of the Reedy, one of the Upstate’s most important rivers.