Jasper County property could become SC's first new state forest in 20 years • SC Daily Gazette

Jasper County property could become SC's first new state forest in 20 years • SC Daily Gazette

Oaks on the Gregorie Neck property, a nearby piece of land also conserved by The Nature Conservancy in Jasper County. (Provided/Holcombe, Fair and Lane)A 2,700-acre piece of land in Jasper County is slated to become South Carolina’s first new state forest in more than two decades. The Nature Conservancy bought the property, known as Chelsea Plantation, last week for $32 million. Originally nearly 6,000 acres, parts of the property had already be…