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City leaders to look at plan honoring 400-year-old Johns Island Angel Oak Tree

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - A plan to highlight the beloved 400-year-old Angel Oak Tree and its surrounding land on Johns Island is being brought to city officials for approval to move forward. The ...
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A new road to the Angel Oak will route traffic away from its roots. Here's your chance to name it.

JOHNS ISLAND — Roughly 400,000 people visit the Angel Oak every year. They admire the texture of its bark, its enormous branches as large as trees themselves and the shade of its canopy. If they could ...
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Angel Oak Preserve design plans nearly finished; public input wanted

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – Dozens of acres of land surrounding the Angel Oak Tree on Johns Island will be used for a preserve in the works. According to the Lowcountry Land Trust, the design for the ...
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Community-selected name announced for Angel Oak Preserve entry road

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The new entryway road leading into the future Angel Oak Preserve will be named Protected Path. The Lowcountry Land Trust announced that, after receiving over 350 name ...
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Editorial: There's still more work ahead to preserve Charleston's Angel Oak

The most important reveal in the new plans to create a 44-acre park and preserve around the iconic Angel Oak tree on Johns Island is that the Lowcountry Land Trust and city of Charleston are working ...