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Conservation Bank asks for recurring funding and $20M nonrecurring to protect farmland and public lands
Summary
Leaders of the South Carolina Conservation Bank and its director briefed the subcommittee on a year of land conservation projects, reported protection of 30,000 acres and requested recurring and one‑time funds including $5.5 million recurring and $20 million nonrecurring, plus $3 million for a working farmland program.
Mike McShane, chair of the South Carolina Conservation Bank, and the bank’s director presented the bank’s annual report and a multi‑part budget request to the Criminal Justice Budget Subcommittee.
Director West summarized recent accomplishments: the bank completed 64 projects protecting about 30,000 acres — bringing the program’s historic total to more than 400,000 acres — and distributed roughly $83.6 million in awards this past year, the director said. “At $839 an acre, which…is pretty good bang for the buck,” Director West told the committee.
The bank’s…
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