Date: 5/15/26 10:43 am From: ncsealord (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Conservation Win in SC
A major conservation win in South Carolina occurred on March 10 when Cox Enterprises (Atlanta-based media conglomerate), Ducks Unlimited, and the Wetlands America Trust announced that 4,400 acres of Clarendon Farms property connecting the ACE Basin and Savannah River were protected from development under a donated conservation easement.
The property connects with an additional 1,200 acres already under protection and strengthens a corridor of over 20,000 contiguous protected acres between the two basins. Clarendon Farms, which will remain undeveloped in perpetuity, encompasses more than 40 miles of water frontage and the entirety of nine islands, in addition to upland habitat.
The donation (valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars) is considered one of the most significant in US history in terms of value.
Note that the article is in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which is owned by Cox. Information on the easement can also be found in the current issue of Ducks Unlimited Magazine.
Congratulations to Cox/Clarendon, DU, the Wetlands America Trust, and everyone involved who saw the value in conserving critical coastal habitat from development.
