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COUNTRY ROADS
Earth Day Goes Epic in North Carolina Mountains
hat a way to celebrate Earth Day! Two land
trusts in North Carolina's Blue Ridge announced
major donations of critical parcels
for permanent conservation on April 22.
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The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy received
its largest single gift ever-7,500 acres in the Roan
Highlands. The land is virtually untouched, with no roads or
logging, and includes the largest American chestnut restoration
project in the country, more than 100 miles of waterway
and six federal endangered species.
" This is a chart-topping property, " said the group's
Carl Silverstein. " To be part of conserving this crown jewel
of the mountains for the future feels really uplifting at
a crucial time. "
Also on Earth Day, the Foothills Conservancy announced
a 332-acre donation along Wilson Creek, bordered
on three sides by the Pisgah National
Forest. A " missing puzzle piece " in the National
Wild and Scenic Wilson Creek conservation corridor
and a high priority for the group for 15
years, the river tract is home to rare species of
mussel, dragonfly and darter.
" We're elated, " said Andrew Kota of the conservancy.
" In the back of my mind, I knew that one
TIM SWEENEY
One part of the
big day was a
7,500-acre gift
in the Roan
Highlands, largest
ever for the SAHC.
day, it would happen. That's one thing about land trust
staff: We're tenacious and we persevere. "
Both tracts were donated by philanthropist and Epic
Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose gifts of land on North
Carolina's Outer Banks and in Halifax County, Virginia
to two other entities were also announced on Earth
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