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The 58-acre Newground farm on Wadmalaw Island is now permanently protected through a conservation easement led by Lowcountry Land Trust. (Photo/Natalie Olson)
The 58-acre Newground farm on Wadmalaw Island is now permanently protected through a conservation easement led by Lowcountry Land Trust. (Photo/Natalie Olson)
Newground farm protected on Wadmalaw Island
Hollie Moore // April 15, 2026//
- 58-acre Newground farm placed under permanent protection
- Located on Wadmalaw Island along Bears Bluff Road
- Adds to more than 9,000 acres of protected land
- Conservation easement funded with help from state partners
Newground, an active 58-acre farm in Wadmalaw Island, is now under the permanent protection of Lowcountry Land Trust, a Lowcountry land and water preservation nonprofit.
The farm will contribute to the now 9,069 acres of protected land on Wadmalaw Island, as well as part of conservation easements covering 34% of the island, the trust said. Newground sits across from historic Nine Mile Fork Rosenwald School along Bears Bluff Road.
“Farmland is the lifeblood of the Lowcountry,” Natalie Olson, Sea Islands program director at Lowcountry Land Trust, said in a news release. “Working land like Newground feeds the community, supports wildlife, recharges groundwater, and helps filter our air and water. Thanks to the landowner and the South Carolina Conservation Bank, Newground is protected from development forever.”
The trust partnered with Lewis Hay, the landowner and former Lowcountry Land Trust Board member and employee who worked on multiple Wadmalaw Island conservation projects. South Carolina Conservations Bank funded a bargain-sale conservation easement, according to Lowcountry Land Trust.
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