Upstate Summer Camp Permanently Protected
January 23, 2025
The Nature Conservancy in South Carolina (TNC) has closed on a 484-acre conservation easement on Awanita Valley Camp and Retreat Center in Marietta, S.C. A conservation easement is a voluntary, legally binding agreement that forever limits certain types of development, while protecting a property’s value for wildlife, forestry, recreation and other activities.
Awanita Valley hosts close to 14,000 guests annually for summer camps, programs and group retreats. The grounds make up part of the viewshed – or visible landscape – from the western portion of Highway 25, a major thoroughfare between Hendersonville, N.C., and Greenville, S.C.
Read more in this story in the Post and Courier.
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