A creek running through a lush Georgia woodland
Hull, Georgia

Protecting the wild and working spaces for the long term through strategic planning

Biger Creek Conservation Legacy (BCCL), LLC is owned and operated by Sharon Swagger Valitzski. The goal of BCCL is to help private landowners, conservation partners, and local communities make practical decisions that honor the land and places entrusted to them. Sharon brings almost 20 years of natural resource experience to assist you in developing and planning for the future of your land or your customer's land.

Advise · Advocate · Develop · Engage · Educate · Plan · Steward · Support Conversations. Planning. Conservation.

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Conservation services

Conversations. Planning. Conservation.

Native grasses moving across an open conservation landscape

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Sustainable land use protection

GOAL: Support private landowners in planning the next chapter for their land. Sharon is an expert regarding conservation easements, and has over 16 years of experience in easement deed review, title, boundary survey and appraisal reviews, baseline documentation preparation and reviews, and long-term monitoring services. Sharon is known for thinking creatively about long-term options for your land.

Woodland creek flowing through a green forest

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Strategic Planning and Conservation Project Development to Promote Conservation partnerships

GOAL: Collaboration for community partners who want to support their donors, clients, customers or local communities to strengthen land protection efforts and promote lasting local stewardship. Sharon and BCCL will bring big picture thinking, creative ideas, and a wealth of knowledge to your community efforts to assist your organization in long-term strategic planning. A natural-born leader, Sharon worked to build a conservation easement program from the ground up and she would love to assist your organization in doing the same.

Conservation fieldwork on a working landscape

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Conservation planning, mapping, and land stewardship

GOAL: Provide private landowners with practical planning support for their next chapter of stewardship for healthy forests, wildlife habitat, water resources, and long-term conservation goals.  Sharon and BCCL will assist landowners with practical, clear, and achievable plans with detailed maps, whether it be forest or wildlife habitat management plans, baseline documents for future planning, or environmental assessments and surveys. Sharon has 18 years of experience in writing all types of conservation plans.

Our approach

Stewardship begins with boots on the ground.

Every property carries its own ecology, history, and potential. For Conservation Planning and Land Stewardship projects, we must spend time on the land together.

"For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver." - Martin Luther
Conservation fieldwork on a rural landscape
Boots on the ground...the key start to any conservation project.

A legacy in progress

Impact takes root over time.

Planning

land stewardship plans customized for each parcel and each landowner

State Level

partnerships in development across Georgia

Long-term

Protection and long-term care for your land

Preview values shown for design only. Project stories and verified outcomes will be added as Biger Creek’s work grows.

Start a Conservation Conversation

Whether you are considering a conservation plan for your land, seeking advice and planning for a land use partnership, need answers to questions regarding long-term protection of your land via conservation easements, or seeking a subject matter expert to educate a local group, start a conversation with Sharon Swagger Valitzski, owner and operator of Biger Creek Conservation Legacy, LLC.

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Quiet creek landscape in a southern forest
Biger Creek Conservation Legacy, LLC

Thoughtful conservation guidance for land, water, and the communities connected to them.

Rooted here

Based in Hull, Georgia, serving landowners, partners, and organizations across Georgia.

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Care for place. Plan for permanence.