Featured Projects

Land Conservation

Duck Haven

Nestled along the Saluda River near Easley, Duck Haven is a 146-acre former peach orchard and cattle farm permanently protected through a conservation easement with Upstate Forever.

Land Conservation

Big Garvin Creek Farm

Big Garvin Creek Farm is a 253-acre family cattle farm near Pendleton that protects productive farmland, forested waterways, and the rural character of northern Anderson County in the rapidly developing Three and Twenty Creek watershed.

Land Conservation

National land trust accreditation

Upstate Forever became the first land trust in SC to achieve accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, in 2008.

Land Conservation

Grant Meadow

One of SC's most photographed spots, a conservation easement on 57 acres ensures the meadow's iconic view remains unobstructed in perpetuity.

Land Planning & Policy

GVL2040 and Greenville Development Code

Our team advocated for important tools to guide the growth of the city over the next two decades: GVL2040 and the GVL Development Code.

Land Conservation

Snow Hill Farm

Straddling the Anderson-Oconee County line, this conservation easement was seven years in the making and strengthens a growing corridor of protected working lands and natural habitats in the area.

Land Conservation

Foster Fields

Land Conservation

RML Timber

Comprising 1,219 acres in Laurens County, RML Timber is Upstate Forever’s second-largest conservation easement to date.

Clean Water

Paddle SC

Upstate Forever the creation of the interactive online map on gopaddlesc.com, a website connecting blueways across the state.

Past Projects

Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail

In 1998 we launched a campaign urging Greenville County to acquire a rail line that had recently gone on the market and convert it to a trail through the Rails-to-Trails process.

Land Conservation

Echols Farm

Located in Anderson County, this 72-acre property property includes open fields, forests, and agricultural lands, as well as streams and wetlands in the Three and Twenty Creek watershed.

Clean Water

Blueway Mapping

Upstate Forever mapped blueways throughout the Upstate to provide paddlers the information needed to plan a fun river adventure.