by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 17, 2013 | Projects
For more than five years, the LandTrust has been working with the Bittinger family to ensure protection of their 370 acre farm along the Yadkin River just north of the City of Salisbury’s water intake. Thanks to a grant from the North Carolina Clean water Management...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 10, 2013 | Projects
Dr. Pam Westmoreland Sholar has donated an additional 7 acres of beautiful forestland on the Westmoreland Preserve in Mooresville (Iredell County). This brings the total size of the forest owned by The LandTrust at this site up to 25 acres. We continue to laud the...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 10, 2013 | Projects
The area known as Dunn’s Mountains (Dunn Mountain by some accounts) just east of Salisbury is one of Rowan County’s most special places. Not only is it the second highest point in the county, but it is also one of the county’s most botanically interesting places. A...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 10, 2013 | Projects
Just north of Statesville rests a 324 acre cattle farm owned by Dr. Walter Holland and his wife Edith. The site is near and dear to the Holland family as it is where Walter grew up as a child. Now decades later and having a developed a great personal attachment to the...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 10, 2013 | Projects
On a brisk fall day, Milton Crowther guides me on a tour around his property. After making our way through a dense bottomland forest with 100 year old oaks and sycamores reaching the clouds, we head to a farm fields.”These here are some of the finest tomatoes you’ll...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 9, 2013 | Projects
Another exciting project came to completion in Stanly County thanks to the deep commitment of the Hatley family. In a joint effort to maintain the natural integrity of their family’s farmland, Bill H. Hatley Sr. and his wife Ann, along with his brother Marvin T....
