Be among the first to see the ALC January newsletter--in FULL color!

To view the January 2009 edition of the Aiken Land Conservancy's newsletter "The Conservation Chronicle," as a full color PDF file, please click here.

You will also be receiving a hard copy of this newsletter within a few days. If you would like to join our growing list of "e-mail only" newsletter recipients, please send an e-mail to mail@conserveAiken.org and put "save paper " in the subject line. Not only will you be saving paper (and trees!), but you will also be helping ALC reduce our printing and postage costs.

Mark your calendars for the ALC 2009 annual meeting

The 2009 ALC Annual Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, February 8, from 3-5 PM at The Willcox. Please join us to hear about the latest Conservancy activities, including the recent re-branding of the organization, strategic planning efforts, and plans for the coming year.

Our guest speaker for this year’s meeting will be Mr. Charles G. Lane, from Charleston, SC. Mr. Lane, a 2008 Field and Stream Heroes of Conservation finalist, helped form the ACE Basin Task Force in 1989. This group has preserved 172,000 acres in the ACE Basin that were under the threat of development. Until recently, Mr. Lane served as Chairman of The South Carolina Conservation Bank Board. This Board, established during the 2002 South Carolina legislative session as an independent state agency, distributes funding to historical, cultural, and environmental projects. Mr. Lane has also served on a variety of boards, including The Bank of South Carolina, The South Carolina Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, Delta Waterfowl, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., and the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League. Mr. Lane recently completed work on the governor’s Quality of Life Task Force, which made sixty-two recommendations to the governor to improve environmental quality in South Carolina.

The 2009 Annual Meeting will also host the First Annual ALC Silent Auction. Be sure you don’t miss the opportunity to bid on items and services as varied as bales of premium pine straw, a signed, framed art print of conserved ALC land, fly fishing lessons, a weekend at a North Carolina mountain house, and much more!

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