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ACE (Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto) Basin, 85; conservation easements in, 99; endangered species in, 116; grassroots conservation efforts in, 87; Nature Conservancy and, 105; protected lands in, 108, 113–15, 114 map; as public/private partnership, 112–16, 252; race/class inequities and, 249; wildlife refuge in, 116 ACE (Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto) Basin Task Force, 49, 81, 82, 113, 116, 123 affordable housing, 141–42, 194, 242 African Americans, 17; as conservation leaders, 81, 83, 88–91, 89, 122, 179, 240; environmental conservation as viewed by, 209; as farmers, 228–29, 234; heirs’ property and, 209–12; on Hilton Head, 171, 176–77; Hurricane Hugo and, 63, 128; natural preserves and displacement of, 199; partnerships/alliances of, 117; as phosphate miners, 36; on planning committees, 137; plantations destroyed by, 29–30; post–Civil War landholdings of, 32, 33, 37, 117, 209; as sharecroppers , 37, 221; as slaves, 26, 29; sprawl and displacement of, 111, 119, 198–99, 208, 213–14; underrepresentation of, on ACE Basin Task Force, 116; See also Gullah communities/culture; sweetgrass basketry/basket weavers Agfa, 42 agriculture; community supported (CSA), 225–27, 284–85n17; conservation efforts, 223–29, 234–35; cotton, 28–29, 37–38; farmland loss, 219; future prospects, 232–34; Hilton Head Island, 170; local, 224–25, 229–30, 285n21; Lowcountry Local First, 229–30; Native Americans, 21–22; post–Civil War, 30–33, 209, 220–21; rice, 24–28, 90, 259n29; sharecropping, 37; sustainable, 224–29; threats to, 222–23, 228, 230–32; tobacco, 38; truck farming, 221, 222, 232 Aiken, Henry, 211 air pollution, 51, 132 Albers, Celeste, 227 Albers, George, 227 Albuquerque Journal, 96 Alcoa-Mount Holly, 42 Alge Island, 108 alligators, 145, 207 Alston, William, 130 Ambrose, Pete, 226 Amelia Island, 178, 180 American Dream, 51–52 American Farmland Trust, 104, 223 American Planning Association, 126 American Society of Landscape Architects, 194 Anderson, DeWayne, 136 anti-growth coalitions, 132 Apple, R. W., Jr., 78 Archdale, John, 1, 24 Arendt, Randall, 156–58, 167 Armstrong, Reed, 142 Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, 214, 236–38, 237 INDEX Page numbers given in italics indicate illustrations or material contained in their captions. 330 Index Ashepoo River, 27; See also ACE (Ashepoo -Combahee-Edisto) Basin Ashley River, 23, 29 Ashley River Conservation Coalition, 219 Ashley River Historical District, 108 Ashley River Scenic Corridor, 54–55 Ashley River Scenic River Advisory Council , 55 Ashley-Cooper, Anthony, 23 Association of Sea Pines Plantation Property Owners, 175–76 Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation, 35 Audubon International, 239 Audubon Society, 83, 104, 105, 123, 180 Avery, Dennis, 160–61, 162 Awendaw (SC), 60, 128–30, 132 Awendaw Community Action Group, 129–30 Babbitt, Bruce, 252–53 baby boomers, home choices of, 145–46 Bachman, Rita, 226, 227, 284–85n17 Banks, Roger, 118 bargain sales, 100, 121 barrier islands, 16, 17 BASF , 179–80 Bauer, Matt, 229 Baumgartner, Frank, 76 Bayer, 42 Baysden, Cindy, 102 Beach, Dana, 14, 55, 65, 73, 103; on bipartisanship , 155–56; as CCL founder, 71; on CCL leveraging strategy, 72, 80; at Charleston Sweetgrass Conference, 204; on conservative conservationism, 96; future replacement for, 250; on Hilton Head growth, 176; land as viewed by, 93; leadership style of, 73, 77–78; on Sandy Island, 119, 121; smart growth emphasis of, 243–44; South Carolina Conservation Bank and, 123, 126–27; on Spring Island, 187; on White Tract, 129 Beach, Virginia, 71 beach developments, 171, 264n54 beaches, 126 Beachfront Management Act (1988), 48, 50, 66–67, 264n54 Beaufort (SC), 32, 68–69; annexations in, 136; development rights in, 99; historic district, 188, 189 Beaufort County (SC), 16; agriculture in, 225, 230; BASF chemical plant proposed for, 179–80; comprehensive land-use plan in, 136, 242; greenbelt land purchases in, 126; land acquisition/conservation funding in, 126; land-use policies in, 58; population growth in, 7, 56, 136; residential development in, 165; rural land protections in, 220; sprawl in, 136; tourism in, 256n9; truck farming in, 222 Beaufort County Council, 136, 142 Beaufort County Open Land Trust, 102, 104 Beaufort County Planning Department, 140, 142 Beaufort Gazette, 58, 100, 136, 251 Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority , 204 Beidler, Francis, 34 Belfair Plantation (Bluffton, SC), 167 Bellah, Robert N., 159 Belle Isle Yacht Club (Georgetown, SC), 167 Belle W. Baruch Foundation, 82 Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (BCD-COG), 78 Berkeley County (SC), 15, 16; heirs’ property in, 282n32; land-use plan of, 44–45; land-use policies in, 58; population growth in, 56, 58; residential development in, 165 Berkeley...

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