Pee Dee Basin Initiative Conservation Easement

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The Pee Dee Basin Initiative project is the largest conservation easement in South Carolina history, permanently protecting more than 62,000 acres of forested land along or near the Pee Dee, Santee, and Black Rivers. The project promotes sustainable forestry, maintains important bottomland forest ecosystems, creates new public access to nature, and conserves numerous plant and animal species. The land will be managed sustainably for timber production and will be protected from development and mining.