Lowcountry Land Trust partners with landowners and community organizations to permanently protect and nurture the land throughout coastal South Carolina. Founded in 1986, Lowcountry Land Trust has worked for more than 35 years to protect irreplaceable landscapes that make South Carolina extraordinary. We have grown from a small community effort that rallied to protect Alge Island on the Stono River to an institution that protects more than 150,000 acres of coastal land and water. The conservation of this land is foundational to the health of our coastal ecosystem and our identity as South Carolinians. When the land thrives, we all thrive.