Clean Water

Paddle SC

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

Blueway Mapping

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

Tyger River Recreation Area Master Plan

Alongside our partners at The Tyger River Foundation, we are working to create a proposed 20-mile recreation and eco-tourism corridor in Spartanburg County.

Past Projects

Kinder Morgan Pipeline Spill

Upstate Forever, alongside Savannah Riverkeeper and SELC, filed a Clean Water Act suit over a 2014 rupture of Kinder Morgan’s Plantation Pipeline, which spilled over 369,000 gallons of gasoline and polluted local waterways.

Saving Lake Greenwood

Since 2003, Upstate Forever has been dedicated to improving the health of the Saluda-Reedy Watershed, which culminates in Lake Greenwood.

Twelve Mile River Restoration

For years, Upstate Forever diligently worked to ensure that the EPA Superfund cleanup of PCBs from the Twelve Mile River was successful.

SC Adopt-a-Stream

Upstate Forever worked with partner organizations to bring the Adopt-A-Stream program from Georgia to the Upstate and later across SC.

Bramlett Road Site Cleanup

We support the effort to ensure a full, comprehensive cleanup of a polluted site in Greenville's Newtown neighborhood.

Streambank repair

We have worked with partners to restore eroded streambanks and educate landowners about the importance of strong, healthy banks to local water quality.

Past Projects

Web of Water

Published in 2015, this award-winning book explores the Saluda-Reedy watershed through essays and fine-art photography.