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News
- Upstate Forever files appeal in Glassy Mountain case
- Upstate Forever completes Critical Lands mapping project
- New Go Paddle website is live
- Latest Greenville B-cycle installation brings the bike share network to 10 stations
- Upstate Forever received an $80K grant from Greenville Women Giving
- Shaping Our Future study results show an urgent need for responsible growth
- UF is not pursuing further review of Dominion Pipeline; will focus on regulatory reform
- 100 additional acres of historic Hester Dairy Farm are now permanently protected
- UF staff weigh in on the Reedy River's water quality and recreation
- With Whistle Stop #1 now open, Byrnes Linear Park is officially underway
- Cragmoor Farms expands protected land, offers farm-to-school project
- Charles Mickel and Pamela Vaughn join Upstate Forever's Board of Directors
- Announcing the 2018 ForeverGreen Luncheon Speaker and Awardees
- Thank you to our 2017 Preservation Ride Sponsors
- Thank you to our 2017 ForeverGreen Luncheon Sponsors
- Upstate Forever Receives $90,000 Grant from the Jolley Foundation
- Glassy Mountain Property in Pickens is Now Permanently Protected
- Furman professor and students conducted research on Upstate Forever protected lands
- Hank McCullough, Ken Deon, and Charles Dalton Join Upstate Forever Board of Directors
- Upstate Forever and Heart of Boiling Springs will host community vision workshops
- Upstate Forever receives $1 million gift honoring Marjorie E. Schmidt
- Stumphouse Passage of the Palmetto Trail opens
- Upstate Forever Receives $75,000 Grant from Hollingsworth Funds
- Upstate Forever now permanently protects land at Gilkey Creek and Grassy Knob
- Upstate Forever monitoring discovers dangerous gully forming along pipeline in Spartanburg
- Greenville Housing Forum Recap
- Heart of Boiling Springs initiative completed
- Paris Mountain, Falls Park, Hartwell Headwaters among tracts protected in late 2018
- Duke Energy's Shared Solar program has launched
- Ultra-rare plant habitat protected in Travelers Rest
- Thank you to past board chair Mark Taylor, and congratulations to new chair Joe Lesesne
- Keith, Jones, Sprague, and Workman join UF board of directors
- Nature Conservancy Transfers 955 Acres to Jones Gap State Park
- Upstate Forever to Seek Reaccreditation from the Land Trust Alliance
- Upstate Forever will transfer bikeshare operations to the City of Greenville in late 2019
- Upstate Forever and partners receive grant from the Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative
- Andrea Cooper selected to become Riley Fellow
- Oconee's Chau Ram Park has more than doubled in size thanks to land acquisition
- Walkability expert Jeff Speck to speak in Spartanburg Nov. 7
- Upstate Forever exceeds $7.5 million capital campaign goal
- Conservation Director position named in honor of Glenn Hilliard
- Upstate Forever to Host 2020 ForeverGreen Luncheon
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- Public Meeting: Cleaning up Tyger River Basin Waterways
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- Volunteer Work Day
- Heart of Boiling Springs Community Visioning Public Workshop #2
- The Intersection of Land Use, Communities, and Social Equity
- Exploring Transit Oriented Development
- Upstate Blueways Symposium
- Annual Meeting & 20th Anniversary Picnic
- Members Only Field Trip to Twin Chimneys Landfill
- Members Only Field Trip to Carolina Bauernhaus
- Volunteer Work Day: Cancer Survivors Park
- Crossroads: A Community Rally for Change with Upstate Forever
- Happy Hour: Comment Writing to Protect Clean Water at Birds Fly South
- Volunteer Work Day: Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area
- Upstate Forever and Fujifilm Present the Wild & Scenic Film Festival
- Volunteer Clean Up Day: Lake Conestee Nature Park
- Members Only Field Trip: Happy Cow Creamery
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- Legislative Wrap Up - May 2017
- UF Spotlight: Greenville B-Cycle user Eric Stein
- Legislative Update Week 1
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- Craft Brewing, Sustainability, and Playing the Long Game
- Legislative Update 2018 Week 3
- Legislative Update 2018 Week 4
- Legislative Update 2018 Week 5
- Legislative Update 2018 Week 6
- Award Spotlight: Spartanburg School District 6 Farm to School Program
- A Message from Our Executive Director
- Award Spotlight: Catherine Heigel
- Award Spotlight: Dean Hybl
- Award Spotlight: Rep. Gary Clary
- Award Spotlight: Luther Lyle
- Award Spotlight: Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery
- Thank you to our 2018 ForeverGreen Luncheon Sponsors
- Legislative Update 2018 Week 9
- Local Farms, Local Food: Part 1
- Local Farms, Local Food: Part 2
- Local Farms, Local Food: Part 3
- Local Farms, Local Food: Part 4
- Local Farms, Local Food: Part 5
- Local Farms, Local Food: Part 6
- Local Farms, Local Food: Part 7
- The Anchorage: Local Flavor, National Acclaim
- 'Memory recall & memory making'
- Legislative Wrap Up
- Local bats need your help
- The GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail: More Than Just Recreation
- Dennis Chastain to receive Extraordinary Achievement Award
- Spartanburg's Northside Initiative to receive Land Planning & Policy Champion award
- Retired SC Parks Director Phil Gaines to receive Public Servant of the Year award
- Nikki Grumbine to receive Clean Water Champion award
- Doug Harper to receive the Tommy Wyche Land Conservation Champion award
- Dick Carr to receive the inaugural Marjorie E. Schmidt Stewardship Award
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 1
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- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 3
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 4
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- Thank You to Our 2019 ForeverGreen Luncheon Sponsors
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 6
- Every last acre on earth
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 7
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- Crossroads Campaign Update: We Are Close, But We Still Need Your Help
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 13
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- Phil Gaines: 'I have failed at retirement miserably'
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 15
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 16
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 17
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 18
- How to Preserve Nature While Hiking and Camping
- Nearly 1,000 acres protected, donated to Jones Gap State Park
- Upstate Forever to Seek Reaccreditation from the Land Trust Alliance — Public Comment Period Now Open
- The Upstate Update: June 2019
- The Upstate Update: May 2019
- The Upstate Update: July 2019
- The Upstate Update: April 2019
- The Upstate Update: March 2019
- The Upstate Update: February 2019
- The Upstate Update: January 2019
- The Upstate Update: August 2019
- Human + Nature: Shelly Smith
- Human + Nature: Margaret Harrison
- Human + Nature: Clark Gallivan
- Human + Nature: Rev. Rob Brown
- Human + Nature: Tony Thomas
- Human + Nature: Lillian Hollis
- Human + Nature: Jimmy Yelton
- Human + Nature: Chad Carson
- Human + Nature: Alice Lee
- Human + Nature: Tim Lee
- Legislative Updates 2020: Session Preview
- The Upstate Update: September 2019
- The Upstate Update: October 2019
- The Upstate Update: November 2019
- The Upstate Update: December 2019
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 1
- Our year in review: 2019 by the numbers
- Tom Kester to receive the Marjorie E. Schmidt Stewardship Award
- Norman Pulliam to receive the Tommy Wyche Land Conservation Champion Award
- Representative Bill Sandifer to receive the Public Servant of the Year Award
- The Upstate Update: January 2020
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Land Planning & Policy
- Development near Glassy would permanently alter an icon
- Greenville should begin to plan for improved rail transport
- County Comp Plan Update
- What can Greenville learn from Charlotte?
- Woodruff Road: What Worked? What Didn't?
- Ecosystems Services: Why Conservation Boosts the Bottom Line
- Greenville owes much to the Reedy River Master Plan
- The trail that almost wasn't
- Show Up for Greenville's Future
- Six things we'd like to see from the Greenville County Comp Plan
- What Missing Middle Housing Means for Greenville
- The Upstate Update: June 2019
- The Upstate Update: May 2019
- The Upstate Update: July 2019
- The Upstate Update: April 2019
- The Upstate Update: March 2019
- The Upstate Update: February 2019
- The Upstate Update: January 2019
- Action Alert: Join us to oppose the plan for an 862-home subdivision in South Greenville
- Join us for the Citizens Planning Academy this October
- The Upstate Update: August 2019
- 5 things Greenville County can do to accommodate growth and limit sprawl
- We'll be wearing GREEN on November 18 - will you?
- Apply for the Spring Citizens Planning Academy
- The Upstate Update: September 2019
- The Upstate Update: October 2019
- The Upstate Update: November 2019
- The Upstate Update: December 2019
- These are our 2020 advocacy priorities
- The Upstate Update: January 2020
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Energy
- What in the world happened with V.C. Summer?
- How the Dominion-SCE&G deal could trample property rights
- Where Did Net Metering Go?
- A Temporary Fix for Net Metering
- Solar and Land Use: It's Complicated
- Duke Energy’s Proposed Basic Facilities Charge Slashed
- Shared solar brings energy savings to low- and moderate-income households
- The cheapest kilowatt hour? The one not used.
- How one week illustrated almost everything about the energy debate in South Carolina
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Clean Water
- Clean Water 101: Intro to River Contaminants
- Waters of the US (WOTUS): Myths and Truths
- The Clean Water Act: History, Controversy, and Impacts to South Carolina — Part 1 of 3
- The Clean Water Act: History, Controversy, and Impacts to South Carolina — Part 2 of 3
- The Clean Water Act: History, Controversy, and Impacts to South Carolina — Part 3 of 3
- Is Your Local Waterway Safe for Swimming?
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Legislative Updates
- Legislative Wrap Up - May 2017
- Legislative Update Week 1
- Legislative Update 2018 Week 2
- Legislative Update 2018 Week 3
- Legislative Update 2018 Week 4
- Legislative Update 2018 Week 5
- Legislative Update 2018 Week 6
- Legislative Update 2018 Week 9
- Legislative Wrap Up
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 1
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 2
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- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 4
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- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 17
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 18
- Legislative Updates 2020: Session Preview
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 1
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Connecting People to Nature
- UF Spotlight: Greenville B-Cycle user Eric Stein
- Local bats need your help
- The GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail: More Than Just Recreation
- Phil Gaines: 'I have failed at retirement miserably'
- How to Preserve Nature While Hiking and Camping
- Human + Nature: Shelly Smith
- Human + Nature: Margaret Harrison
- Human + Nature: Clark Gallivan
- Human + Nature: Rev. Rob Brown
- Human + Nature: Tony Thomas
- Human + Nature: Lillian Hollis
- Human + Nature: Jimmy Yelton
- Human + Nature: Chad Carson
- Human + Nature: Alice Lee
- Human + Nature: Tim Lee
- Sustainable Business
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ForeverGreen Luncheon
- Award Spotlight: Spartanburg School District 6 Farm to School Program
- A Message from Our Executive Director
- Award Spotlight: Catherine Heigel
- Award Spotlight: Dean Hybl
- Award Spotlight: Rep. Gary Clary
- Award Spotlight: Luther Lyle
- Award Spotlight: Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery
- Thank you to our 2018 ForeverGreen Luncheon Sponsors
- Dennis Chastain to receive Extraordinary Achievement Award
- Spartanburg's Northside Initiative to receive Land Planning & Policy Champion award
- Retired SC Parks Director Phil Gaines to receive Public Servant of the Year award
- Nikki Grumbine to receive Clean Water Champion award
- Doug Harper to receive the Tommy Wyche Land Conservation Champion award
- Dick Carr to receive the inaugural Marjorie E. Schmidt Stewardship Award
- Thank You to Our 2019 ForeverGreen Luncheon Sponsors
- Tom Kester to receive the Marjorie E. Schmidt Stewardship Award
- Norman Pulliam to receive the Tommy Wyche Land Conservation Champion Award
- Representative Bill Sandifer to receive the Public Servant of the Year Award
- Local Food
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The Upstate Update
- The Upstate Update: June 2019
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- The Upstate Update: July 2019
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- The Upstate Update: January 2020
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