Little Goat Island protected forever

Lowcountry Land Trust announced the permanent protection of Little Goat Island, an undisturbed sea island southwest of Goat Island and north of Isle of Palms along the Intracoastal Waterway. The island consists of 28 acres of upland habitat surrounded by 393 acres of salt marsh. Landowners Gary and Kim Chesson, who donated the conservation easement to Lowcountry Land Trust, made this extraordinary effort possible.

Little Goat Island is a living time capsule that looks much the same as it did a century ago. It provides a myriad of benefits to the wildlife that calls it home, the people who utilize its surrounding waterways, and the ecosystem and watershed in which it exists. Along with other Lowcountry Land Trust-conserved landscapes in the area—including Gold Bug Island, Sullivan’s Island Beach, and portions of Goat Island—Little Goat Island expands a growing corridor of protected lands.