Network Honors Long-serving Senator

September 5, 2024
Senator Nikki Setzler honored for conservation leadership

September 5, 2024 - Columbia, SC - The South Carolina Land Trust today honored Senator Nikki Setzler for his lifetime of contributions to conservation in South Carolina. During the organization's Fall Member meeting, Setzler was presented with a coffee table book on the Cowassee Basin, an expansive area in the heart of Senate District 26 which he has represented for the last forty-eight years. Inside the front cover was a signed Board Resolution that read:


In recognition and profound appreciation of

Senator Nikki Setzler’s Service to the State of South Carolina


Whereas South Carolina is blessed with rich and abundant natural, historical, and cultural

resources and remarkable beauty;


Whereas protecting these special places is paramount to our enviable quality of life and

to the thousands of jobs provided by industries that depend on natural places;


Whereas effective land protection work relies on committed people and proactive

policies;


Whereas for forty-seven years, Senator Nikki Setzler has served the people of South

Carolina through his leadership in the South Carolina Senate, notably as Chairman of the

Senate Finance Natural Resources and Economic Development Subcommittee;


Whereas his bipartisan efforts to reauthorize the South Carolina Conservation Bank have

ensured the permanent protection of hundreds of special places, including the recently

expanded Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve;


Whereas he has championed conservation funding and voted in support of policies that

financially incentivize private landowners to permanently protect their working farm and

forestlands;


Whereas his steadfast leadership has positioned investment in voluntary land

conservation as an essential aspect of state governance to balance growth with quality

of life today and for future generations:


Now, therefore, be it

Resolved that the South Carolina Land Trust Network Board of Directors this fifth day of

September 2024 formally acknowledges and extends its deepest appreciation for

Senator Nikki Setzler’s exemplary service to the people of South Carolina.






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