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Sewee Preserve is a 500-acre conservation community near Charleston, S.C., just north of the town of Mount Pleasant. The property serves as a key link in the preservation of the Sewee to Santee Corridor, a pristine strip of South Carolina coastline, which serves as an expansive greenbelt. This seamless network of over 300,000 acres includes the Francis Marion National Forest and the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.

The developer protected more than 400 acres of the property through a conservation easement held by Wetlands America Trust, an affiliate of Ducks Unlimited, ensuring that the land is permanently protected from further development and providing a safe haven for the wildlife that continues to thrive here. The remaining property is divided into just 30 home sites on one contiguous block of 90 acres that runs along the salt marsh of Sewee Bay, offering unspoiled Lowcountry vistas to property owners. Appropriately named for the Native Americans, who once lived along the South Carolina coast, Sewee means “island” or “island people.”

Preserving this unique tract of land demonstrates that it is possible to balance ecology and economy by offering super low-density housing while protecting the Lowcountry’s natural heritage. Sewee Preserve property owners are partners in the care and protection of its immense natural resources. They experience a quieter, simpler way of life that is sensitive to the environment.

To further enhance wildlife habitat, Sewee Preserve has established the Sewee Partnership for Birds of Prey with the International Center for Birds of Prey. This unique initiative works to improve and increase habitat suitable for eagles, owls, osprey, hawks and other raptors at Sewee Preserve. Property owners become charter members of the Center, which rehabilitates hundreds of injured birds each year and regularly releases them back to their natural environment.