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Oconee conservation board votes to recommend $116,000 easement for Keyes family farm
Summary
The Oconee County Conservation Bank Board voted May 13 to recommend that County Council fund a $116,000 conservation easement on 553.29 acres owned by Lee Keyes through the South Carolina Farm Bureau Land Trust; the board cited water-quality and development-threat concerns and will forward an agenda item and bank findings to County Council.
The Oconee County Conservation Bank Board voted May 13 to recommend that County Council fund a $116,000 conservation easement on 553.29 acres owned by Lee Keyes through the South Carolina Farm Bureau Land Trust.
The recommendation followed a site visit and a review of the bank's grant scoring worksheet. Board Chair Emily Jones said the board would prepare an agenda-item summary and the bank findings to forward the recommendation to County Council: "Do I have a motion that our board recommend to county council that we fund the Keyes family farm through the South Carolina Farm Bureau Land Trust…553.29 acres at a hundred and $16,000?" The motion was moved and seconded and the board voted in favor.
Why it matters: board members said the parcel lies in the Lake Hartwell watershed, contains streams that flow toward the reservoir, and has substantial frontage on…
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