2022-11-10T07:17:59-08:00 2021-12-31 570964077 LYNN & WHEELER CPAS PA 46 SAMS POINT RD BEAUFORT SC 29907 990 2021-01-01 237114992 BEAUFORT COUNTY OPEN LAND TRUST BEAU 8435212175 PO BOX 75 BEAUFORT SC 29901 KRISTIN WILLIAMS Executive Director 2022-11-10 true KRISTIN WILLIAMS 999009999 Phillip T Lynn CPA P00900003 8435212550 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z KRISTIN WILLIAMS 10397698 false X WWW.OPENLANDTRUST.ORG X 1971 SC THE BEAUFORT COUNTY OPEN LAND TRUST PROTECTS SIGNIFICANT ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL PLACES THAT DEFINE THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO THE HEALTH AND SPIRIT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY LOWCOUNTRY REGION. 11 11 6 130 0 586539 9748190 0 136754 128909 23893 324117 747186 10201216 0 0 303531 342799 0 247719 197876 9289582 501407 9632381 245779 568835 13390249 14492807 10 533733 13390239 13959074 THE BEAUFORT COUNTY OPEN LAND TRUST PROTECTS SIGNIFICANT ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL PLACES THAT DEFINE THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO THE HEALTH AND SPIRIT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY LOWCOUNTRY REGION. false false 9095027 10028965 LAND PROTECTION AND STEWARDSHIPIN 2021, THE OPEN LAND TRUST PROTECTED FIVE NEW PROPERTIES ACROSS OUR REGION WHICH AMOUNTED TO 10% OF OUR TOTAL ACRES PROTECTED TO DATE THAT PROTECTED WORKING FORESTS, CRITICAL HABITAT, WATER QUALITY IN THE PORT ROYAL AND ST. HELENA SOUNDS AND PRIME AGRICULTURAL LAND. IN ADDITION TO 5 NEW PROPERTIES, THE OLT ALSO ACCEPTED AN EASEMENT TRANSFER FROM THE NATURE CONSERVANCY TOTALING 518.47 ACRES ON LADY'S ISLAND.COMBAHEE SCOTT IS A 209 ACRE PROPERTY IN COLLETON COUNTY THAT PROTECTS A WORKING FOREST AND THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE ALONG COMBAHEE RIVER FOREVER. THE PROPERTY INCLUDES A 94.3 ACRE PRESERVE AREA RUNNING THE LENGTH OF THE RIVER BOUNDARY THAT WILL PROTECT THE ADJACENT WETLANDS AND BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FOREST: NO ACTIVITY-RESIDENTIAL, FORESTRY OR OTHERWISE-WILL OCCUR IN THE PRESERVE AREA. THE JOHNSON COOPER TRACT IS 128 ACRES IN HAMPTON COUNTY THAT SUPPORTS LONGLEAF AND SLASH PINE AND IS IMPORTANTLY SITUATED IN THE UPLANDS OF THE PORT ROYAL SOUND WATERSHED. THE STRAHAN TIMBER TRACT TOTALS 282 ACRES IN HAMPTON COUNTY AND PROTECTS LONGLEAF PINE, WILD BLUEBERRY FIELDS AND IS PART OF A LARGE CONSERVATION NEIGHBORHOOD CONSISTING OF OVER 3,000 PROTECTED ACRES. THE OAK POINT CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROTECTS 2,067 ACRES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. OAK POINT LIES ON THE WIMBEE RIVER IN THE ST. HELENA SOUND AND SUCCESSFULLY ADDS TO LAND PROTECTED FOREVER IN THE ACE BASIN, BENEFITS LOCAL MILITARY READINESS, AND WATER QUALITY THAT DRAINS INTO THE ST. HELENA SOUND. THE ST. HELENA COMMUNITY FARM CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROTECTS 88 ACRES OF PRIME FARMLAND ON ST. HELENA ISLAND IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.BOATSWAIN POND CREEK TRACT WAS PURCHASED IN FEE TO PROTECT 23.4 ACRES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AS PART OF OUR INITIATIVE TO PROTECT MORE LAND AND SCENIC VISTAS ON COOSAW ISLAND. THIS LAND WILL HAVE FUTURE RECREATIONAL POTENTIAL AS PUBLIC LAND, ALLOWING ALL TO ENJOY EXPANSIVE VIEWS OF COASTAL SALT MARSHES, HISTORIC COTTON FIELDS, AND THE ST. HELENA SOUND FOREVER. THE HOLLY HALL CONSERVATION EASEMENT TRANSFER PROTECTS 518.47 ACRES ON LADY'S ISLAND IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT PROTECTS A WORKING FOREST, OPEN SPACE, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AND OVER 4 MILES OF RIVER FRONTAGE ON THE MORGAN RIVER, POINT CREEK AND ROCK SPRINGS CREEK. ALL OLT PROPERTIES WERE MONITORED AT LEAST ONCE DURING THE YEAR TO ENSURE THAT THE CONSERVATION VALUES OF THE PROPERTIES ARE BEING UPHELD AS PER THE RESTRICTIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. OLT'S DIRECTOR OF STEWARDSHIP ALSO SERVES AS A RESOURCE TO LANDOWNERS TO ASSIST IN THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF THEIR PROPERTIES. 156210 172251 BEAUFORT COUNTY'S RURAL & CRITICAL LANDS PRESERVATION PROGRAM OLT CONTINUED PROVIDING LAND ACQUISITION CONSULTING SERVICES FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY'S RURAL AND CRITICAL LAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM FOR THE 13TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR. PROTECTED ACREAGE FOR THE PROGRAM NOW TOTALS 27,547 ACRES. THE RURAL AND CRITICAL PRESERVATION PROGRAM IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A MODEL FOR LOCALLY FUNDED BALLOT MEASURE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT LAND CONSERVATION AND IS USED TO LEVERAGE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING SOURCES. 9251237 true true false false false false true false false true true true false false false false true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 14 0 true 6 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 11 11 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false true true true false SC X KRISTIN WILLIAMS 8435212175 905 CHARLES STREET BEAUFORT SC 29901 X KRISTIN WILLIAMS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 90000 0 0 Vernita Dore Trustee 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Alex Shuford Treasurer 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Edward Dukes Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Al Stokes Trustee 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Al Segars Secretary 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Thomas Tayloe Trustee 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Beek Webb Secretary 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Terry Murray Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Katie Phifer President 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Colden Battey Jr Trustee 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dean Moss Vice President 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 90000 0 false false false 0 524937 172251 9051002 9748190 0 85851 85851 0 0 30320 30320 30320 30320 239540 196482 43058 43058 43058 293797 293797 0 0 0 10201216 159229 0 0 0 0 90000 55948 17026 17026 0 224042 139273 42385 42384 0 0 28757 17876 5440 5441 0 0 20095 10047 10048 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7200 4320 1440 1440 0 0 0 0 0 46334 27800 9267 9267 24629 12314 12315 EASEMENT ACQUISITION FEES 8868168 8868168 SPECIAL EVENTS 158830 158830 LAND STEWARDSHIP 55237 55237 TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE AND SOFTWA 27075 16245 5415 5415 82014 44009 30089 7916 9632381 9251237 133425 247719 1044808 538286 0 0 14917 50000 0 0 0 23623 21176 0 12241041 242188 11480606 11998853 0 826294 1884492 0 0 1 0 13390249 14492807 10 56288 477445 10 533733 X 13223426 13854574 166813 104500 13390239 13959074 13390249 14492807 568835 X true X true X true false X 381540 1397968 488629 586539 9748190 12602866 0 0 0 0 381540 1397968 488629 586539 9748190 12602866 0 0 12602866 144363 53067 21293 13196 16493 248412 0 144363 53067 21293 13196 16493 248412 0 0 525903 1451035 509922 599735 9764683 12851278 0.98070 0.93150 0.01930 0.06850 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X 100 27 90 1 true 26 8913543 false 1466260 411040 16214 9022 1884492 1474766 -19628 13444 2322 1466260 454870 1000818 20838 1760 1474766 484457 -22663 6924 454870 435986 52892 4421 484457 false false false 11174948 11174948 837987 129436 708551 228106 112752 115354 11998853 1884492 10201216 10201216 10201216 9632381 9632381 9632381 Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements. Easements are accounted for based on a zero value in the statement of Financial Position. X false AULDBRASS 234193 234193 50TH ANNIVERSARY 29000 29000 2 25774 25774 288967 288967 288967 X 1 196063 X EASEMENT 1 1398000 FMV X EASEMENT 1 240000 FMV X EASEMENT 1 489000 FMV X EASEMENT 1 265400 FMV X EASEMENT 1 6236000 FMV X EASEMENT 1 155000 FMV false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process 990 is to be reviewed by Executive Director, Finance Committee, and the Open Land Trust Board of Trustees before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available No documents available to the public.