How Upstate Forever is responding to COVID-19
Our Greenville and Spartanburg offices have closed while Upstate Forever staff work from home to help protect the health of each other, our families, and our communities. But while we are not together in the office, we remain together in our continued efforts to protect our region's critical lands, waters, and unique character.
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Staff
- Sherry Barrett
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- Megan Chase
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- Erika Hollis
- Katie Hottel
- Aldon Knight
- Kerry Newberry
- Peg O'Donoghue
- Scott Park
- Shelley Robbins
- Dorothy Signal
- Caitlyn Smith
- Christina Sprecher
- Chris Starker
- Ava Thacker
- Brad Wyche
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Board
- Mike Baur
- Charles Dalton
- Mary Taylor Haque
- Marianna Black Habisreutinger
- Margaret Harrison
- Glenn Hilliard
- Allen Jacoby
- Joe James
- Emelyn Jones
- John Keith
- Tom Kester
- Joe Lesesne
- E. Erwin Maddrey II
- Hank McCullough
- Charles Mickel
- Chris Richardson
- Gaye Sprague
- Mark Taylor
- Pamela Vaughn
- J. Neal Workman Jr.
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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
- Upstate Forever’s land trust renews national accreditation
- Landmark Supreme Court decision impacts Upstate pollution suit
- Upstate Forever awarded $3.9 million USDA funding partnership
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Events
- Happy Hour with Upstate Forever
- Preservation Ride
- Member-only field trip at Lake Conestee Nature Park
- Public Meeting: Cleaning up Tyger River Basin Waterways
- Conservation Lobby Day and Oyster Roast
- Heart of Boiling Springs Community Visioning Public Workshop #1
- 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
- Citizens Planning Academy
- Annual Meeting
- Members Only Field Trip: David E. Shi Center for Sustainability at Furman University
- Towards a more walkable Spartanburg with Jeff Speck
- ForeverGreen Luncheon
- Conversations with Conservationists: What's Up with Offshore Drilling?
- POSTPONED! Volunteer Work Day: Cancer Survivors Park
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Land Conservation
- Support local food by saving local farms
- Legislative Wrap Up - May 2017
- UF Spotlight: Greenville B-Cycle user Eric Stein
- Legislative Update Week 1
- Legislative Update 2018 Week 2
- 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
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 2
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 3
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 4
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 5
- Thank You to Our 2019 ForeverGreen Luncheon Sponsors
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 6
- Every last acre on earth
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 7
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 8
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 9
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 10
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 11
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 12
- Crossroads Campaign Update: We Are Close, But We Still Need Your Help
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 13
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 14
- 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
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 2
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 3
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 4
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 5
- Thank you to our 2020 ForeverGreen Luncheon sponsors
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 6
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 7
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 8
- The need for increased conservation funding
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 9
- Why should I care about conservation?
- Seeking solace in uncertain times: How Upstate Forever is responding to COVID-19
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 10
- Upstate Forever’s land trust renews national accreditation
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 11
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 12
- Legislative Updates 2020: April 6-10
- Legislative Updates 2020: April 13-17
- Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
- Legislative Updates 2020: April 20-24
- Upstate Forever awarded $3.9 million USDA funding partnership
- How development impacts water quality
- How Upstate Forever works to protect water
- Legislative Updates 2020: April 27-May 1
- Legislative Updates 2020: May 4-8
- Brooks and Kay Wade: Our lakes, rivers, & streams make the Upstate beautiful
- Why does sprawl impact water quality?
- Bruce Adams: Water is essential for local food
- Legislative Updates 2020: May 11-15
- Mary Duckett: Clean water is a basic human right
- What is clean water 'worth?'
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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
- Upstate comprehensive plan updates: What's the latest news?
- Seeking solace in uncertain times: How Upstate Forever is responding to COVID-19
- The latest City of Greenville comprehensive plan updates
- We should all have access to clean and safe outdoor spaces
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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
- How development impacts water quality
- How Upstate Forever works to protect water
- Brooks and Kay Wade: Our lakes, rivers, & streams make the Upstate beautiful
- Why does sprawl impact water quality?
- Bruce Adams: Water is essential for local food
- Mary Duckett: Clean water is a basic human right
- What is clean water 'worth?'
- Legislative Issues
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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?
- Why Wetlands Matter
- Two Clean Water Act rollbacks: One murky mess for South Carolina waterways
- After the Flood: Changing views on floodwater policy at the local and statewide level
- New State Water Plan focuses on regional water needs
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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
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 3
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 4
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 5
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 6
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 7
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 8
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 9
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 10
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 11
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 12
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 13
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 14
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 15
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 16
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 17
- Legislative Updates 2019: Week 18
- Legislative Updates 2020: Session Preview
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 1
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 2
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 3
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 4
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 5
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 6
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 7
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 8
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 9
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 10
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 11
- Legislative Updates 2020: Week 12
- Legislative Updates 2020: April 6-10
- Legislative Updates 2020: April 13-17
- Legislative Updates 2020: April 20-24
- Legislative Updates 2020: April 27-May 1
- Legislative Updates 2020: May 4-8
- Legislative Updates 2020: May 11-15
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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
- Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
- 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
- Thank you to our 2020 ForeverGreen Luncheon sponsors
- The need for increased conservation funding
- Why should I care about conservation?
- Local Food
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The Upstate Update
- 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
- The Upstate Update: September 2019
- The Upstate Update: October 2019
- The Upstate Update: November 2019
- The Upstate Update: December 2019
- The Upstate Update: January 2020
- Seeking solace in uncertain times: How Upstate Forever is responding to COVID-19
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The Value of Water
- How development impacts water quality
- How Upstate Forever works to protect water
- Brooks and Kay Wade: Our lakes, rivers, & streams make the Upstate beautiful
- Why does sprawl impact water quality?
- Bruce Adams: Water is essential for local food
- Mary Duckett: Clean water is a basic human right
- What is clean water 'worth?'
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Land Conservation
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