LCNP is pleased to announce the registration for Half-moon Outfitter’s 3rd Annual Foothills 6k at Lake Conestee Nature Park is now officially open. This year’s race sponsors are Patagonia, Salomon, and SmartWool. Race proceeds benefit Lake Conestee Nature Park. We had over 200 people participate last year. We hope to see some familiar faces this [...]
Lake Conestee Nature Park’s Mauldin Rd. Entrance and Trailhead Temporarily Relocated Due to Upcoming Parking Lot Improvements at Former Municipal Stadium.
Due to the Greenville County Recreation District’s upcoming parking lot renovation project, Lake Conestee Nature Park’s Mauldin Road entrance and trailhead have been temporarily relocated. LCNP visitors are to use the southern gate to gain [...]
The Conestee Foundation is developing a team of volunteer park guides to assist groups with park tours.
The Conestee Foundation is frequently asked by school groups, scout troops, civic organizations, or nature study groups to provide guided tours of Lake Conestee Nature Park. These requests are often more than our staff can respond to, so we [...]
Grants from Michelin, 3M, and the Jolley Foundation are funding an innovative project conceived to marry web-based technology and nature education at Lake Conestee Nature Park.
The Conestee Foundation has now secured funding for an extraordinary environmental education project at Lake Conestee Nature Park. This program recognizes the established benefits of outdoor activity and exercise, experiential [...]
Dr. Drew Lanham of the Clemson University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources recorded his radio program at Lake Conestee in early December. This program is part of a regular series by Clemson’s “Your Day” program focusing on the outdoors recreational resources of South Carolina and broadcast by SCETV radio affiliates. Dr. Lanham, a [...]
Audubon South Carolina and Bird Life International have designated Lake Conestee Nature Park as an “Important Bird Area of Global Significance”.
The Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program is a global effort to identify and conserve areas that are vital to birds and biodiversity by setting science-based priorities for habitat protection and management necessary to safeguard critical [...]
Tom Kester, Chairman of the Board of the Conestee Foundation, has announced that Dr. Dave Hargett has been engaged to serve as Executive Director of the Foundation.
In this capacity Dave will be responsible for oversight and management of Lake Conestee Nature Park, coordination of park management with Greenville County Recreation District, and administration of [...]
Barry Stone (left), 3M’s Environmental Engineering Specialist, presents Dr. Jeff Beacham , Executive Director, a check for $20,000 from the 3M Environmental Grant Program. This grant is to fund a “podcast” educational program involving the ecology and restoration of Lake Conestee Nature Park.
The future environmental education program will be self-serviced and web-based, consisting of downloadable [...]
Baseball complex first step toward Greenville County’s outdoor recreation center
By Nathaniel Cary Staff writer
ncary@greenvillenews.com
Decades from today, a first-time partnership between the city of Greenville and the Greenville County Recreation District may be seen as the linchpin that turned an abandoned and aging baseball stadium into what some are already calling the centerpiece of a “Central [...]
Lake Conestee Nature Park has been recognized and designated as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by Audubon South Carolina. A press conference celebrating this designation was held at LCNP at 1:00pm on Wednesday, March 3rd. Last summer, Dr. Paul Serridge, Greenville County Bird Club, submitted a nomination to Audubon South Carolina requesting that LCNP be designated [...]
