Kiawah Island is a gated community and as such requires a guest access pass if you are not a property owner or reserved guest of the island. If you are not a property owner or reserved guest and would like to visit one of our preserved areas, please contact Collie Farah (Conservancy of the Sea Islands Land Preservation Specialist) at collie@conservancyoftheseaislands.org or 843-768-2029 to schedule a visit and obtain a gate pass for the island.
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Conservation Value: In addition to the conservation easements it holds on larger properties, the Conservancy of the Sea Islands owns the following properties. The Wassén Preserve located at 9 Airy Hall (0.29 acres preserved October 1999), The Maritime Forest Reserve and Nature Trail located at 133 Conifer Lane (0.71 acres preserved December 2002), 77 New Settlement Road (0.41 acres preserved February 2004), 168 Bluebill Court (0.67 acres preserved October 2004), 25 Arrowhead Hall (0.49 acres preserved February 2005), 141 Red Cedar Lane (0.27 acres preserved April 2005), 107 Marsh Elder Court (0.63 acres preserved February 2006), 41 Marsh Edge Lane (0.43 acres preserved June 2006), 227 Sea Marsh Drive (0.22 acres preserved November 2006), 523 Ruddy Turnstone Drive (0.35 acres preserved July 2007), 38 Berkshire Hall (0.35 acres preserved July 2007), 765 Curlew Court (0.70 acres preserved September 2007), 66 Blue Heron Pond Road (1.73 acres preserved July 2008), 579 Oyster Rake (0.19 acres preserved December 2008), 83x Blue Heron Pond Road (0.60 acres preserved November 2013), 128 Halona Lane (0.24 acres preserved July 2014), 130 Halona Lane (0.16 acres preserved December 2014), 132 Halona Lane (0.23 acres preserved February 23, 2015), 1 & 2 Little Rabbit Lane (0.59 acres preserved October 29, 2015), 60 Salthouse Lane (0.50 acres preserved December 9, 2015), 112 Halona Lane (0.14 acres preserved November 2016), 74 Blue Heron Pond Road (1.26 acres preserved December 2016), 269 Doral Open (0.36 acres preserved December 2016), 134 Halona Lane (0.37 acres preserved December 2016), 120 Halona Lane (0.21 acres preserved May 2017), 118 Halona Lane (0.17 acres preserved October 2017), 114 Halona Lane (0.18 acres preserved November 2017), 12 Grey Widgeon Lane (0.93 acres preserved November 2017), 140 Halona Lane (0.15 acres preserved November 2017), 136 Halona Lane (0.32 acres preserved December 2017), 185 Marsh Hawk Lane (0.14 acres preserved April 2018), 182 Bull Thistle Lane (0.59 acres preserved October 2018), 10 Kiawah Island Parkway (0.23 acres preserved December 2018), 12 Kiawah Island Parkway (0.23 acres preserved December 2018), 137 Halona Lane (0.44 acres preserved October 2019), 137 Blue Heron Pond (0.6 acres preserved October 2021), 1 Members Lane (0.98 acres preserved December 2021), 2 Members Lane (0.99 acres preserved December 2021), 3 Members Lane (1.01 acres preserved December 2021), 4 Members Lane (0.97 acres preserved December 2021), 5 Members Lane (1.66 acres preserved December 2021), 6 Members Lane (0.96 acres preserved December 2021), 7 Members Lane (0.98 acres preserved December 2021), 2195 Deer Point Lane (0.39 acres preserved March 2022), 489 Pete Dye Place (0.16 acres preserved April 2022), 507 Pete Dye Place (0.16 acres preserved April 2022), 64 Salt Cedar Lane (2.82 acres preserved April 2022), 472B Helena Court (0.51 acres preserved September 2022), Little Bear Way Marshland (17.23 acres preserved October 2022), Oyster Rake Residual and Marsh (4.07 acres preserved October 2022), 2 Kiawah Island Parkway – Lot 5 (0.16 acres preserved June 2023), 124 Halona Lane (0.154 acres preserved January 2024), 4360 Betsy Kerrison Parkway (8.60 acres preserved July 2024), 146 Broomsedge Lane (0.37 acres preserved December 2024), 269 Sea Marsh Drive (0.38 acres preserved July 2025), 8 Kiawah Island Parkway (0.18 acres preserved August 2025), Sarah Lee Freeman-Anderson (5.40 acres preserved August 2025) 116 Halona Lane (0.14 acres preserved October 2025), 472A Helena Court (0.62 acres preserved December 2025) 126 Halona Lane (0.24 acres preserved December 2025) 30 Green Meadow Lane (0.44 acres preserved April 2026) Mullet Hall Extension (13 acres preserved June 2026) These areas provide key habitat areas for wildlife resting, nesting, cover and movement. Although the majority of the habitat associated with these preserved parcels can be characterized as maritime forest, a handful also have salt shrub thicket habitats contiguous to tidal wetlands and or associated edge habitats adjacent to brackish ponds. These areas of mature maritime forest, which often exhibit substantial understory habitat, have great ecological value. Natural areas, where they exist across the Island, are extremely important to wildlife. The preservation of these properties maintains important corridors and limits small-scale habitat fragmentation in developed areas. Additionally, many of the lands owned by the Conservancy adjoin neighboring green spaces, buffer properties or existing natural features, allowing them to add acreage to existing, wildlife-friendly, habitat areas. Though small, these habitat pockets are frequently used by a variety of wildlife. In addition to regular bobcat use on many of these properties, as observed through ongoing Bobcat GPS Research, these areas of lightly managed natural habitat provide important nesting space for a variety of resident and migratory songbird species.