Black River Conservation: Conserving a Linchpin Property to Establish a New State Park

Black River State Park, SC. Photo: Mac Stone
GRANT NAME:
Black River Conservation: Conserving a Linchpin Property to Establish a New State Park
GRANTEE:
Open Space Institute
LOCATION
Charleston, SC
AMOUNT
$50,000
Year
2021

To address a systemic lack of public access by acquiring and permanently protecting 930 acres and donating 2,127 acres of previously acquired land to establish the new Black River State Park and Water Trail–South Carolina’s first wilderness-quality, riverine park encompassing a 75+ mile stretch of the Scenic Black River