Public works, volunteer cleanups and conservation mark Beaufort County’s 2025 highlights
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Summary
Beaufort County reported recognition of its Public Works department, a regional public-works training conference, extensive volunteer litter pickups (about 9,000 pounds collected), a 0.19-acre conservation addition, and the completion of a county critical lands protection program covering over 25,000 acres.
Beaufort County highlighted several environment and public-works accomplishments for 2025. The county said more than 580 volunteers from 24 organizations and over 200 county employees collected roughly 9,000 pounds of litter along about 40 miles of roadways for Earth Day efforts; adopt-a-highway volunteers contributed 2,642 hours cleaning over 840 miles of roadways across the year.
The county reported that Beaufort County Public Works was honored at the state capitol by Governor Henry McMaster and Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette during National Public Works Week and hosted the second annual Lowcountry Regional Public Works Training Conference in October in cooperation with the Lowcountry branch of the American Public Works Association and the Beaufort Regional Civil Engineers Club.
On conservation, the county announced a 0.19-acre addition at North Pigeon intended to protect the Chechessee River and Port Royal Sound, and described the purchase as marking the completion of its critical lands program, which the county says has protected more than 25,000 acres.
The county also said it entered an intergovernmental agreement to assist Jasper County with shelter and medical assistance for animals; the materials did not include the agreement text, funding commitments or operational details.
