Land trust surpasses 70,000 acres of permanent conservation
The Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina has now permanently protected more than 70,000 acres in the South Mountains after a 1,460-acre acquisition in the Pinnacle Mountains of McDowell and Rutherford counties pushed it over the mark to a total of 70,193 acres conserved since its founding in 1995.
Land trusts work to protect Brushy Mountains
A pair of land trusts has worked together to permanently protect 1,125 acres spanning parts of Wilkes, Alexander and Iredell counties.
