Little Bear Island
Described by a leading conservation easement attorney as “one of the most important conservation easements
across the country,” Little Bear Island, consists of 151 acres of undeveloped land and forms the most eastern tip of Kiawah
Island. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Stono Inlet and is connected to the Ocean Course by a small strip of
land.
Habitats that occur on Little Bear Island include: maritime dune shrub thickets, Atlantic maritime dry grasslands,
tidal salt marshes, tidal salt flats, salt shrub thickets, and coastal beaches. With no history of past environmental disturbance
and (thanks to a permanent conservation easement held by the Kiawah Conservancy) no plans for future development, Little
Bear Island is p ɕ͕