Thank you for making our first Adopt an Acre campaign a success! We raised more than $15,000 that will support conservation projects and infrastructure improvements throughout the Preserve's diverse landscape.
Interested in adopting an acre? We're excited to offer the opportunity again on Giving Tuesday 2026 (December 1, 2026). Sign up for our e-newsletter to receive first notification on Giving Tuesday 2026.
Meadows
Buzzing with bees and bursting with color, the Preserve's grasslands serve as beautiful backdrops for picnics, photoshoots, and poetry readings. Native grasses and wildflowers provide habitat to a broad range of pollinators and birds. These unique ecosystems are rare in the Southeast. Maintaining meadows requires constant care – periodic disturbance, weeding out encroaching invasive trees, seeding wildflowers. Your support will help us enhance and expand meadow habitat.
Forests
Rugged pine stands. Lush lowland forests. Rolling hills shaded by soaring oaks, hickories, and tulip trees, crisscrossed by miles of meandering trails. The Preserve boasts a variety of forest ecosystems. There are threats to each – storms, destructive insects, invasive plants. Your support will help us protect and replenish Conestee's leafy green canopy, which keeps your hikes and mountain bike rides cool and comfortable.
Wetlands
Engineered by bustling beavers, the Preserve's interlocking wetlands are where Great Blue Herons hunt, spotted salamanders lay eggs, and migrating birds find safe refuge. They're also a living, breathing sponge that absorbs excess floodwaters channeled by the Reedy River. The Reedy brings more than just high water – every year, trash needs to be removed from the Preserve's wetlands. Your support helps us combat litter and augment wetland habitat with nesting boxes for ducks and prothonotary warblers.
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This symbolic adoption of an acre at Conestee Nature Preserve applies for a 1 year period of time. All acres will be available for adoption again on Giving Tuesday 2026!