"The latest annual report from the South Carolina Conservation Bank illustrates how much good a state operation with just three employees can do. In the past year it facilitated 20 new conservation easements from Boone Hall to Revolutionary War battle sites in the Midlands, mountains and hiking trails in the Upstate and a blackwater swamp along the Edisto River."
"This commitment to finding ways to maximize public benefit for each investment is embodied by the South Carolina Conservation Bank, which has already supported projects of The Liberty Trail at Waxhaws, Camden, Fort Fair Lawn and, most recently, Hanging Rock."
"The South Carolina Conservation Bank, in conjunction with the Charleston County Greenbelt Program, funded a conservation easement on Boone Hall Plantation."
"The vast Groton Plantation near Allendale features seemingly endless groves of wetlands and timber along the Savannah River. It’s just been put into conservation easement."
"Re-authorization of the Conservation Bank will be a decision and legacy our General Assembly, and our state, can truly be proud of for generations to come." - Sharon Richardson
"As Gov. McMaster said in his veto message, South Carolina’s natural resources are a central driver of our economic prosperity. ... And the bank is 'a useful tool for protecting our environment and maintaining our competitiveness.' "
"The question is: How can we keep those beautiful places beautiful while managing growth? One of the best tools for this has been the S.C. Conservation Bank." - Barry Wynn
"Bottom line is that the Conservation Bank is one of the most efficient and effective programs to come out of Columbia in a long time." - Rep. William Cogswell
"We owe it to our citizens and future generations to keep South Carolina beautiful, vibrant and special, and the Conservation Bank is one important way to do that." - Bo Aughtry and Brad Wyche
"The Conservation Bank is one of the greatest tools we have for keeping our economy strong while safeguarding our drinking water, protecting our natural resources and preserving our history and heritage." - Rep. Bruce Bannister and Andrew Moore
"The bank deserves more support from the Legislature. It deserves to be reauthorized by lawmakers and provided more revenue to achieve its valuable goals."
"We owe it to current and future generations of South Carolinians to protect what makes our state so beautiful and special, and the Conservation Bank is one important way to do that." - Burnie Maybank and Ashley Demosthenes
"Keeping it "green" enhances everything from drinking water to the quality of life as well as property values of everyone in the Charleston metro area." - Bo Petersen
"It’s a major victory for Lowcountry residents, and for a crucial natural ecosystem that supports hundreds of native plant and animal species. And it wouldn’t have been possible without two absolutely critical public funds — the Charleston County Greenbelt and the South Carolina Conservation Bank — both of which deserve the strongest ongoing support."
"The Tibwin property fits one more protected piece in a natural corridor connecting the forest to the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, another crucial link to allow species enough habitat to move and thrive." - Bo Petersen
"Work made possible by The South Carolina Conservation Bank: a unique funding program that has supported conservation and restoration work on public and private lands since 2004."
"If you are a hunter, fisherman, birdwatcher, kayaker, hiker or outdoor enthusiast of any kind then you should know what the South Carolina Conservation Bank is doing for you."
"A chunk of funding from the S.C. Conservation Bank helped finance the property and will offset some of the losses from the land donation and perpetual care of the property." - Zach Fox
"In the summer of 2016, with generous funding support from the South Carolina Conservation Bank and the SC Native Plant Society, Naturaland Trust was able to protect 13 acres of waterway that provides refuge for a stunning population of rocky shoals spider lilies."
"With the help of funding from the South Carolina Conservation Bank, the Culbertsons permanently protected the land with a conservation agreement held by Upstate Forever, ensuring the 108 acres will always remain essentially as they are today." - Vic MacDonald
"The South Carolina Conservation Bank is the best mechanism for voluntary wetland protection and the preferred alternative to increased regulation." - James Rader
"There is no other state resource like this that helps towns, landowners and organizations create a natural legacy for South Carolina's future generations." - April Donnelly
"The 1,866-acre DDK Management/Hoagland tract is along the Wateree River about halfway between Camden and U.S. 378 in the southern part of the county, according to the Congaree Land Trust and the state Conservation Bank." - Sammy Fretwell
"This has been an exciting time for our land trust and we would not be able to realize these milestones without the partnership of the South Carolina Conservation Bank" - Stuart White
Lowcountry Land Trust - Journal of the Lowcountry Open Land Trust - Winter 2013
"Thanks to some 10,000 individual donors from all corners of the United States and the world, more than twenty local businesses, several large gifts from Charleston institutions and nonprofits, and significant grants from the Charleston County Greenbelt Bank and South Carolina Conservation Bank, a natural preserve will forever surround John’s Island’s Angel Oak."