SC to Gain a New State Forest with $11.35M Lowcountry Timber Tract Purchase

SC to gain a new state forest with $11.35M Lowcountry timber tract purchase

The Open Space Institute of New York has bought the 1,644-acre Beech Hill tract in Dorchester County and will make the property part of the SC forest system

Dorchester County purchase could bring SC state forest count to 7 • SC Daily Gazette

A 1,644-acre forest tract in Dorchester County, known as Beech Hill, is to be preserved as a South Carolina state forest. (Photo provided by Brown Land + Plantation Advisors)The number of state forests in South Carolina could jump from five to seven. A land conservation group bought a 1,644-acre forest tract in the Lowcountry with plans to transfer it to the state Forestry Commission for management. State forests Harbison State Forest in Ric…