by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 9, 2013 | Projects
Also in Rowan county, Harold Earnhardt, his wife, Helen, and children Mark Earnhardt, Cristy Mc Kinney, and Leslie Hedrick, took measures to insure their property will forevermore look as it does today. The 130 acre property on Potneck Road, which is now protected by...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 6, 2013 | Projects
The 690 acre Fox Farm purchase is our most recent Two Rivers Preserve success, one which we are particularly excited about for a number of reasons. This peninsula property not only represents one of the largest privately held tracts of land in Rowan County, but also...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 5, 2013 | Projects
Grant’s Creek flows through the heart of Rowan County. Originating near Landis, the Creek bisects China Grove, Salisbury, and Spencer before emptying into High Rock Lake. Previous years have witnessed the decline of the Creek’s water quality to critical levels. DENR’s...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 5, 2013 | Projects
The Rowan Museum recently donated a conservation easement on the historic Michael Braun House and the more than twenty-two acres surrounding it. The Michael Braun House, which is also known as “Old Stone House”, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places....
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 5, 2013 | Projects
Hilda S. Watt of Taylorsville recently donated a conservation easement on a 100-acre tract of land which has been in the family for over 200 years. At present, the land is mostly forested, although it has some open fields which are currently being farmed. The most...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | May 28, 2013 | Projects
After several years of facilitation, The LandTrust is very excited to announce the first phase of the Kannapolis Project has closed. On October 10, 2006, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) acquired 1,100 acres of the 2,843 acres from the City of Kannapolis....
