Landowner’s Corner

The Conservancy is truly grateful to the more than 75 landowners who have made the important decision to permanently protect their land and partnered with the Conservancy in order to do so. Our landowners have unique stories about their properties and why they

"It's remarkable to me that the bark stayed on these logs all this time...Dad moved to Dallas in 1949, but I always said I wanted to move back. I just don't want to ever see (this property) developed. " Ed Friday Friday Farm, Meadow Bog

have made this lasting commitment. These landowners have allowed the Conservancy to permanently protect more than 10,000 acres throughout our service area and, as always, their generosity and commitment to land protection serves as the foundation for all that the Conservancy does to fulfill its mission. Please learn more about how the Conservancy protects land. If you are interested in seeing where these properties are located, you can do that via our interactive map or downloadable pdf.

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All Corridors
Property Name Acreage Date(s)
Adair Property 38.7 2000
Aderholdt Property 75.0 2004
Bethea Property 51.3 2001
Betty Jean Banker Preserve 6.2 2007
Big Sky Property 41.3 2004
Blue Bird Farms 134.7 2003
Boy Scouts Preserve 8.4 2007
Brackett Bluff (Assist) 60.6 2002
Bragg Property 308.9 2000-2008
Brooklandwood 245.6 2000-2006
Bryant Property 0.3 1995
Buchanan-Helms 27.6 2007
Buck-Smith-Long Preserve 106.7 2002
Burton Property 53.3 2000
Bynum-Killian Farm 107.4 2000
Cane Creek 5.0 2006
Catawba Creek Preserve 151.9 2003
Catawba Wildflower Glen 17.4 1995-1998
Charles Wallace Properties 33.7 2000
Clark Property 56.8 2000
Colt-Thornburg 43.4 2004
Cook Preserve 33.1 2002
Dane Property 11.7 2006
David and Linda Hoyle Property 32.5 2004
Duncan 2005 Property 109.4 2005
Duncan 2007 Property 24.5 2007
Duncan Rankin Preserve 85.4 2007
DuPuy 375.6 2007
Eakes Preserve (Assist) 217.5 2009
Eastover Ridge East Addition 0.4 2007
Eastover Ridge Preserve 21.6 1999
Eastover Woods 4.8 2008
Eddleman Property 185.3 2007
Evelyn Rankin and John Paul Stowe Educational Forest 40.8 2000
Friday Farm 166.8 2004
Gar Creek Property 14.2 2000
Goat Island Preserve 38.2 2008
Hinchliffe Property 33.9 2001
Hoffman Property 27.0 2002
Hostetler Wildflower Glen Addition 1.9 2007
Hoyle Lineberger Property 58.9 2003
Hunter Farm 48.0 2002
Jack Moore Preserve 99.8 2006
Jenkins Property 50.8 2001
Killian Forest 146.2 2003
Laurel Hill Preserve 227.2 2001-2008
Long Creek Bluff 16.0 1997
McCoy Farm 50.4 2006
McCoy-Lawson Property 4.0 2001
Meadow Bog 14.6 2006
Meakin Property 62.6 2000
Meakin-Lincoln Co. Preserve 117.5 2003
Mineral Springs Greenway 58.2 2009
Mount Holly Property (Assist) 215.4 2005
Mountain Island Lake Property 6.3 2004
Newcombe Preserve 33.2 2009
Northbrook 52.3 2006
Oakwood Farm 62.8 2003
Paul and Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve 324.3 1999-2003
Pharr Preserve 41.5 2002-2003
Pharr Yarns Preserve 94.8 2010
Pinhook Preserve 124.6 2000-2005
Pott Creek Preserve 38.5 2005
Pott Creek Wetland 75.2 2003
Powell-Bannister Preserve 70.4 2002
Project Bullseye 34.6 2010
Ramsey Property 20.2 2003
Rance Place 63.6 2003
Rankintown Nature Preserve 70.6 1999
Redlair Farm and Forest 727.8 1999-2007
Rhyne Creek Preserve 86.2 2008
Rhyne Farm 179.4 2001
River Oaks Plantation 252.0 2001
Riverbend Preserve 68.4 2004
Robert McCoy 41.7 2000
Rock Springs Park 116.5 2008
Rollins Preserve 26.2 2008
Rutledge 8.4 2007
Sally’s Y 85.0 2007
South Crowders Creek Preserve 24.9 2009
Spencer Mountain Wetland 103.1 2000
Stanley Creek Forest 506.1 2003
Teague Property 17.8 2004
Thistle #2 68.6 2003
Viles Property 262.2 2000
Weddington Tract 2.3 2002
Whitehall Nature Preserve 45.0 1996
Will’s Woods 35.5 2009
Withers Properties 33.0 2000
Zimmermann Property 78.4 2000-2005
Total Acreage 8049.
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Location: northern Mecklenburg County
Property Name Acreage Date(s)
Blue Bird Farms 134.7 2003
Brackett Bluff (Assist) 60.6 2002
Total Acreage 195.3
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Location: Gaston, Lincoln and Mecklenburg counties
Property Name Acreage Date(s)
Adair Property 38.7 2000
Bethea Property 51.3 2001
Bynum-Killian Farm 107.4 2000
Eakes Preserve (Assist) 217.5 2009
Gar Creek Property 14.2 2000
Killian Forest 146.2 2003
McCoy Farm 50.4 2006
McCoy-Lawson Property 4.0 2001
Mountain Island Lake Property 6.3 2004
Powell-Bannister Preserve 70.4 2002
Robert McCoy 41.7 2000
Withers Properties 33.0 2000
Total Acreage 781.1
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Location: northern Mecklenburg County
Property Name Acreage Date(s)
Bragg Property 308.9 2000-2008
Burton Property 53.3 2000
Clark Property 56.8 2000
Dane Property 11.7 2006
Hinchliffe Property 33.9 2001
Jenkins Property 50.8 2001
Will’s Woods 35.5 2009
Zimmermann Property 78.4 2000-2005
Total Acreage 629.3
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Location: southwest Gaston County
Property Name Acreage Date(s)
Buck-Smith-Long Preserve 106.7 2002
South Crowders Creek Preserve 24.9 2009
Total Acreage 131.6
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Location: Catawba, Gaston and Lincoln counties
Property Name Acreage Date(s)
Aderholdt Property 75.0 2004
Betty Jean Banker Preserve 6.2 2007
Big Sky Property 41.3 2004
Boy Scouts Preserve 8.4 2007
Colt-Thornburg 43.4 2004
Cook Preserve 33.1 2002
David and Linda Hoyle Property 32.5 2004
Friday Farm 166.8 2004
Goat Island Preserve 38.2 2008
Hoffman Property 27.0 2002
Hoyle Lineberger Property 58.9 2003
Jack Moore Preserve 99.8 2006
Laurel Hill Preserve 227.2 2001-2008
Meakin Property 62.6 2000
Meakin-Lincoln Co. Preserve 117.5 2003
Northbrook 52.3 2006
Oakwood Farm 62.8 2003
Paul and Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve 324.3 1999-2003
Pharr Preserve 41.5 2002-2003
Pharr Yarns Preserve 94.8 2010
Pinhook Preserve 124.6 2000-2005
Pott Creek Preserve 38.5 2005
Pott Creek Wetland 75.2 2003
Project Bullseye 34.6 2010
Ramsey Property 20.2 2003
Redlair Farm and Forest 727.8 1999-2007
River Oaks Plantation 252.0 2001
Riverbend Preserve 68.4 2004
Rollins Preserve 26.2 2008
Spencer Mountain Wetland 103.1 2000
Viles Property 262.2 2000
Total Acreage 3346.4
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Location: northeast Gaston County
Property Name Acreage Date(s)
Charles Wallace Properties 33.7 2000
Duncan 2005 Property 109.4 2005
Duncan 2007 Property 24.5 2007
Duncan Rankin Preserve 85.4 2007
Eddleman Property 185.3 2007
Evelyn Rankin and John Paul Stowe Educational Forest 40.8 2000
Rankintown Nature Preserve 70.6 1999
Rhyne Creek Preserve 86.2 2008
Rhyne Farm 179.4 2001
Rutledge 8.4 2007
Stanley Creek Forest 506.1 2003
Teague Property 17.8 2004
Total Acreage 1347.6
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Location: Union County
Property Name Acreage Date(s)
Brooklandwood 245.6 2000-2006
Cane Creek 5.0 2006
DuPuy 375.6 2007
Hunter Farm 48.0 2002
Mineral Springs Greenway 58.2 2009
Rance Place 63.6 2003
Weddington Tract 2.3 2002
Total Acreage 798.3
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Location: various locations
Property Name Acreage Date(s)
Bryant Property 0.3 1995
Buchanan-Helms 27.6 2007
Catawba Creek Preserve 151.9 2003
Catawba Wildflower Glen 17.4 1995-1998
Eastover Ridge East Addition 0.4 2007
Eastover Ridge Preserve 21.6 1999
Eastover Woods 4.8 2008
Hostetler Wildflower Glen Addition 1.9 2007
Long Creek Bluff 16.0 1997
Meadow Bog 14.6 2006
Mount Holly Property (Assist) 215.4 2005
Newcombe Preserve 33.2 2009
Rock Springs Park 116.5 2008
Sally’s Y 85.0 2007
Thistle #2 68.6 2003
Whitehall Nature Preserve 45.0 1996
Total Acreage 820.2
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