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....
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 9, 2013 | Projects
A second exciting project completed during 2001 in Davie County was made possible by Bob and Pam (Anderson) Hazen. Their 138 acres is nestled between the perimeter of Cooleemee Plantation (1800 acre protected property) and the Yadkin River where it intersects with...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 9, 2013 | Projects
Another site to come under permanent protection in 2001 is an immaculate twenty- two- acre tract of land placed under conservation easement by its caring owner, Bobby Sheets. Mr. Sheets, who has been a resident of Davie county his entire life, has always been a...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 9, 2013 | Projects
Another protection project in Rowan County involved the enlargement of the previously protected Alexander Long House in Spencer. Tommy Thomas and his wife, Dr. Barbara Thomas, owners of the historic home, purchased an additional 33 acres situated adjacent to their...
