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Conserving Lands and Waters of the Blue Ridge Foothills
Linville River
Foothills Conservancy has been able to give a wonderful gift to the Blue Ridge Foothills:
permanent protection of more than 42,000 acres of important watershed and forest lands.
Foothills achieved protection of the 17,829-acre Rollins Tract in 1998 as state wildlife lands. In 2000, we added the 2,556-acre Broughton/Clear Creek Watershed, expanding South Mountains State Park.
In 2004, 1,245 acres from Lone Mtn. were added as gamelands in the South Mountains.Listen to what our Executive Director has to say about
conservation and the South Mountains:
In 2002, Foothills helped add 607 acres along the west side of the Linville River between Lake James and Linville Gorge to Pisgah National Forest.
In 2003, we added 2,896 acres to Pisgah in Lake James' Bear Creek watershed - a total of 3,500+ acres acquired with $6.5 million in Federal funds.
By early 2005, we acquired - with $35 million in public and private funds - 1,425 acres along more than a mile of the Linville River below the Gorge for state game lands, and almost 3,000
acres and 30 miles of shoreline for a major Lake James State Park addition.
In March 2000, FCNC placed 114 acres of the Carpenter family's Broad River farm under conservation easement.
In 2005, we acquired 235 acres of the Carpenter family's Broad River farm to establish the River Bend Boundary Preserve.
The Muddy Creek Watershed Restoration Initiative (MCWRI) seeks to improve water quality and
aquatic habitat in the Muddy Creek Watershed.
As of April 2006, Foothills has placed 477 acres of land under conservation easement at In June of 2005, we preserved 750+ acres on Edmondson Mountain, creating the June Carol Adams Preserve.
Late in 2005, another 130-acre tract on Alison Ridge was added - adjacent to the Preserve - for a total of nearly 1,400 acres.
