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Named for the Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens, Pickens County was founded upon historical roots. Fort Hill Plantation was home to United States’ seventh Vice President, John C. Calhoun, before the land became the home of Clemson University. Clemson was named the “Public School of the Year” in 2000 by Time Magazine and has brought many industrial gains to the county. Pickens County hosts the Pumpkin Festival, Heritage Day at the Hagood Mill, and Dacusville Farm Days. The county also boasts such beautiful natural sites as Lakes Keowee and Jocasse, Sassafras Mountain and Table Rock State Park.
 Pickens County Government
Upstate Forever played a key role in permanently protecting 560 acres of the beautiful and biologically significant Nine Times tract in Pickens County. Upstate Forever's Land Trust protects more than 800 acres of private lands in the county through conservation agreements and has an active volunteer outreach group. We were instrumental in the establishment of the Nalley Brown Nature Park in Easley and actively opposed the sale of portions of the Clemson Forest. Currently, Upstate Forever is playing a key role in efforts to remediate PCB contamination in Lake Hartwell and Twelve Mile River and to remove the third and last dam on the river. We conducted a successful Stormwater Speaker Series in Pickens in 2010. We are working with Pickens County to promote its innovative biodiesel program to other communities. We are actively involved in the relicensing process for Lakes Keeowee and Toxaway and are challenging the lack of a requirement for the Greenville Water System to release a minimum amount of water from the Table Rock Reservoir into the South Saluda River.
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