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Council delays Greenbelt funding decision for UT tract conservation easement amid access and value concerns
Summary
Dorchester County’s PDB committee and council members asked for more time and information before approving a $500,000 Greenbelt contribution to a conservation easement proposed by the Lowcountry Land Trust on roughly 297 acres near St. George.
Dorchester County officials voted on March 17 to delay consideration of a $500,000 Greenbelt fund contribution toward a proposed conservation easement on about 296.7 acres owned by the UT family near the town of St. George.
David Ray, chief conservation officer for the Lowcountry Land Trust, described the project as a bargain-sale conservation easement in which the land trust and the landowner are providing match. “We have that in addition to the very large amount of donated value that the landowner…
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