Lands Owned by ACOLT: (284.55 Acres)
147 acres. Bottomland hardwood flood plain along Shaw’s Creek and buffering upland bordered by meadow and old-field succession, with deeded access to Fox Pond Road. The generous gift of Frances and Marion Smoak.
2.0 acres. Two entrance lots that serve as buffer to riding trails, with conservation easement access to the 2,000 acre Hitchcock Woods preserve.
1.25 acres. Donated by Olivia Garvin in memory of her husband, its steep slopes hold magnificent long-leaf pines and kalmias. Preservation of this small preserve aids in containing down-slope flooding.
100 acres. In Creekside subdivision, two adjoining 26 acre parcels slope down to Town Creek, with another 12 acre parcel surrounding a feeder creek and containing wild azaleas, kalmia, and large hardwoods. Additional acreage of many lots, donated over several years by Mr. J.P. Parkman.
12 acres. Purchased by ACOLT from the Winthrop family, this multi-use equestrian and pedestrian open space is located in Aiken’s historic horse district.
22.32 acres. Donated by Wayne Raiford n December 2006. A portion of the property is wetlands, with Upper Three Runs Creek frontage.
Lands Protected by ACOLT Conservation Easements: (715.62 Acres)
81 acres. Over and above the deeded land described above, ACOLT holds a conservation easement on 81 acres of agricultural-use meadow, wooded wildlife corridors and old-field succession areas that are managed for deer, quail and turkeys.
24 acres. 14 acres was purchased by ACOLT and donated to the City of Aiken. The City combined the gift with 10 acres it already owned, including a central pond, to create a fully protected and largely restored Carolina Bay and its watershed, a wildlife preserve almost in downtown Aiken.
2 acres. Hardwood upland that joins the Parkman Reserve and the Lyman Preserve described below.
100 acres. A highly visible open meadow that frames an historic farmhouse (over which ACOLT holds an architectural easement) and rolls down to woods, a small azalea wetland and two ponds.
15 acres. In Greenwood, S.C., meadows that form the setting for an extraordinary historic house. ACOLT held this easement until the Upper Savannah River Land Trust could take it over.
21.32 acres. Located off of Hwy 302 southeast of Aiken, bottomland forest and wetland.
21 acres. In the Ridge Spring section of Aiken County, this tract is the first parcel of what ACOLT plans as a greenway along McTier Creek. Hillside seeps on a regularly mown powerline right of way holds rare plants, surrounded by deep-sand long-leaf pine ecosystem on the ridges and hardwoods below.
65 acres. Terraced fields located 10 miles southeast of Aiken off of Hwy 302. Donated in December 2006.
18.30 acres. Forested common space with a trail, in Talatha gardens subdivision. Donated in September 2006 by Mr. Otis Crowell.
330 acres. In Barnwell County, this tract is under conservation easement until the death of the donor. Half is then deeded to ACOLT in her will. It combines large agricultural fields, active timber land, a cypress swamp, and 50 acres of pristine flood plain along the Salkahatchie River.
38 acres. This hardwood bottom and upland buffer along upper Shaw’s Creek is the anchor parcel to protect the water supply of the City of Aiken. Donated to ACOLT by Jerry Waters, it was gifted to the City and is protected by a conservation easement held by ACOLT. It is the first head-end parcel in a greenway intended ultimately to protect all of Shaw’s Creek within Aiken County.
Total Acres Protected: 1,007.17 Acres
