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CLC appreciates the hundreds of landowners who have made the important decision to partner with CLC to permanently protect their land. Our landowners have unique stories about their properties and why they have made this lasting commitment, which is helping CLC to permanently protect more than 17,000 acres throughout our local service area. Their generosity and commitment to land protection helps us fulfill our mission each day.

Learn more about how CLC protects land or call us at 704-343-3330 for more information. For a list of property locations, acreage or the acquisition dates, view our interactive map or the lists below (click on the county for a list of associated properties).

CLC protects more than 200 properties, totaling more than 17,000 acres of land for public benefit.

All Counties

Property Name Acreage Year Acquired
Adair Property 38.7 2000
Aderholdt Preserve 75.0 2004
Allan White Property 31 2006
Will’s Woods 31.0 2006
Banker Valley 50.7 2007
Beaux Champs 16.4 2023
Bethea Property 51.3 2001
Betty Jean Banker Preserve 6.2 2007
Big Rock Preserve 59.5 2016
Big Sky I CE 41.3 2004
Bigleaf Preserve 9.8 2015
Blue Bird Farm 134.7 2003
Bollag Trail Easement 0 2016
Boy Scouts Preserve 8.4 2007
Brackett Bluff 60.6 2002
Bradford Farm CE 26.6 2020
Bragg Central 11.7 2008
Bragg East 86.2 2005
Bragg East Addition 11.5 2018
Bragg North 142.2 2001
Bragg South 68.9 2000
Bragg Woods CE 28.2 2013
Brandmaier (Gar Creek) 14.2 2000
Brooklandwood 201.1 2000
Brooklandwood 2006 44.5 2006
Bryant Tract 0.3 1995
Buchanan-Helms I 11.0 2007
Buchanan-Helms II 12.1 2007
Buchanan-Helms III 4.5 2007
Buck-Smith-Long Preserve Buck CE 68.4 2002
Buck-Smith-Long Preserve 27.1 2002
Buck-Smith-Long Preserve Smith-Long CE 11.3 2002
Buffalo Creek Preserve 392.8 2011
Burton Addition CE 35.6 2013
Burton Property 53.3 2000
Bynum Grove Farm 135.6 2010
Bynum-Killian Farm 107.4 2000
Caldwell Creek Addition 31 2025
Caldwell Creek Copse 42 2024
Cane Creek 5.0 2006
Cannon Preserve 44 2024
Carpenter CE 22.5 2016
CAT Long Preserve 28.2 2018
Catawba Creek Preserve 137.6 2003
Catawba Creek Preserve Homesite 14.3 2003
Catawba Springs Preserve 135.9 2013
Catawba Wildflower Glen 9.8 1995
Catawba Wildflower Glen Addition 0.6 2019
Charles Wallace Conservation Easement I 16.1 2000
Charles Wallace Conservation Easement II 15.3 2000
Charles Wallace Conservation Easement III 2.2 2000
City of Monroe (Bearskin Creek) 1.2 2022
Clark Property 56.8 2000
Cole Preserve 38.5 2005
Coley Preserve 75.7 2017
Colt Thornburg Conservation Easement 43.4 2004
Concord – Weddington Road 29.0 2011
Cook Preserve 33.1 2002
Dane Property 11.7 2006
Dave and Linda Hoyle (Sawmill) Conservation Easement 32.5 2004
Deal CE 2.1 2022
Dean Cleveland CE 57.2 2013
Dean Lincoln CE 34.2 2013
DiMicco Preserve 31.5 2011
DiMicco Preserve Addition 77.4 2012
Doe Creek 92.7 2017
Duncan Easement 109.2 2005
Duncan Easement 24.5 2007
Duncan Rankin Preserve 85.4 2007
DuPuy 375.6 2007
Eaker Farm CE 98.5 2017
Eakes 217.5 2009
Eastover Ridge Preserve 21.6 1999
Eastover Woods 4.9 2008
Eddleman Easement 185.3 2007
Edwards 1283.0 2006
Elledge Preserve 13.5 2014
Evelyn Rankin and John Paul Stowe Educational Forest 40.8 2000
Forney Creek JBDK 2 2023
Four Mile Forest 9.5 2024
Freeman Holcomb CE 27.4 2022
Friday Farm 166.8 2004
Friday Farm Addition 48.6 2013
Friday Meadow Bog 14.6 2006
Frye Farm 206.8 2010
George Clark CE 124.8 2017
Girl Scout Hornets’ Nest Council CE 358.5 2012
Girl Scout CTT 0 2012
Goat Island Preserve 38.2 2008
Goat Island Preserve Addition 3.0 2015
Goble-Huffstetler CE 21.5 2015
Grace Farm 106.6 2011
Gum Branch CE 44.8 2016
Gum Branch CE Addition 13.9 2017
Hagans Forest CE 201.9 2011
Hickory Grove Preserve 9.8 2013
Hinchliffe Property 33.9 2001
Hoffman Pharr Preserve 68.5 2002-2003
Hoffman Property 27 2002
Holly Track 192.5 2018
Hostetler 1.9 2007
Hostetler Conservation Easement 0.1 1997
Howey Farm 115.6 2011
Howey Farm Tract C CE 104.0 2014
Hoyle Lineberger 58.9 2003
Hunter Farm 48.0 2002
Jack Moore Preserve 99.8 2006
Jack Moore Preserve Addition (Stone Property) 6.2 2023
Jackson Blackjack Preserve 23.5 2017
Jane’s Meadow Bog Preserve 20.9 2018
Jenkins Property 50.8 2000
Jones and Polly Pharr Conservation Easement 347.9 2011
Killian Farm 111.5 2010
Killian Farm East 23.8 2010
Killian Forest 146.2 2003
Killian’s Chapel 38.5 2010
Lakeview 50.6 2011
Lakewood 19.4 2012
Larchmont Circle 16.9 2025
Laurel Hill 2008 Addition 16.5 2008
Laurel Hill Preserve 210.7 2001
Little Egypt Preserve 60.2 2014
Little Falls 29.3 2018
Little Lake James CE 30.7 2016
Long Creek Bluff 16.0 1997
Long Creek East CE 28.6 2011
Long Creek East Preserve 55.8 2011
Long Creek West CE 22.6 2011
Lutz Farm 266.4 2020
Mallard Creek (UNCC) CE 27.1 2018
Mallory Property 16.9 2025
Massapoag Preserve 17.3 2019
McCorkle – Howie CE 31 2022
McCoy Farm 2006 50.4 2006
McCoy Forest 29 2023
McCoy Historic Farm 29.2 2013
McCoy, Joseph Bennett 60.5 2020
McCoy-Lawson Property 4.0 2001
McPherson CE 14.7 2013
Meakin – Lincoln Co. Preserve 117.5 2003
Meakin Forest 2010 70.9 2010
Meakin Property 62.6 2000
Mineral Springs Greenway BC 47.1 2009
Mineral Springs Greenway CE 58.2 2009
Mineral Springs Greenway DE 11.1 2009
Mitchem Farm II 138.1 2023
Mitchem’s Farm Conservation Easement 103.3 2019
Mountain Creek 589.9 2010
Mt. Holly 215.4 2007
Newcombe Preserve 33.2 2009
Newcombe Preserve Addition 21.7 2014
Northbrook Property 52.3 2006
Oakwood Farm (note changes to this line item transferred fee & acquired CE in 2014) 62.8 2003
Old Still Farm CE 339 2018
Old Stump Preserve 87.5 200
Paul and Agnes Rhyne Conservation Easement 220.0 2000
60 Acre Woods 60.0 1999
Pharr Family Preserve 66.2 2011
Pharr Preserve West Phase I 28.79 2002
Pharr Yarns Preserve 94.8 2010
Pinhook Preserve 61.9 2000-2005
Popple Springs 24.3 2024
Pott Creek Wetland Preserve 75.2 2003
Powell-Bannister CE 71.4 2002
Preserve at Meadowbrook 0.4 2007
Prestwick CTT 2 2021
Project Bullseye CE 34.6 2010
Pumpkin Creek Preserve 30.3 2015
Ramah Creek Gateway CE 6.6 2013
Ramsey Preserve 20.2 2003
Rance Place 63.6 2003
Rankintown CE 70.5 1999
Redlair 728.5 1999-2013
ReVenture Creekside 47.1 2011
ReVenture Riverside 21.2 2011
Rhyne Creek Preserve 86.2 2008
Rhyne Farmstead 8.22 2001
Rhyne Preserve Additions – Hester Malone 13.3 2001
Rhyne Preserve Additions- Legacy Shares 31.1 2003
Richard D. and Barbara L. Rhyne Farm 179.4 2001
Ridge Road Preserve 40.7 1999
River Oaks Plantation Preserve 130.0 2001
River Oaks Plantation CE 122.0 2001
Riverbend Preserve 68.4 2004
Robert McCoy CE 41.8 2000
Rock Springs Park 116.5 2008
Rocky Pop Preserve 38.6 2018
Rollins Preserve 26.2 2008
Rollins Riverbend I and II 68.4 2004
Rudisill Farm 72.5 2015
Rutledge Preserve 8.4 2007
Sally’s Y Preserve 85.0 2007
Sandifer Wilson 10.9 2023
Scott Trail 0 1901
Seven Oaks Preserve 74.2 2011
Seven Oaks Trail Easement 4.5 2011
Smawley Preserve 23.8 2017
Smawley CE 6.8 1998
Smawley II 23.8 2017
South Crowders Creek Preserve 24.9 2009
South Fork Rail Trail 0 2015
South Fork Trail – Pharr Yarn 0 2010
Spears 19.4 2020
Spencer Mountain Trail E 0 2024
Spencer Mountain Wetland Preserve 103.1 2000
Springhaven Preserve 77.5 2011
St. James Preserve 73.5 2020
Stanley Creek Forest 506.1 2003
Stony Knoll CE 59.9 2013
Stroupe Forest Preserve 62.7 2019
Teague CE 17.8 2004
Teeter Estate 167.8 2021
Terrapin Creek CE 129.9 2010
The Fork CE 1353.1 2013
The Mills at Rocky River 0 2015
Thistle #2 CE 68.6 2003
Trexler Preserve 6.3 2004
Turtle Haven 48.8 2021
Vanderburg Preserve 28.4 2015
Viles Preserve 283.6 2000
Washam Farm South 54.5 2023
Waxhaw Creek Preserve 152.4 2013
Weddington Preserve 2.3 2002
Welch CE 7.0 2013
Whitehall Nature Preserve 45.0 1996
Will’s Woods 35.5 2009
Windy Grove Woods 6.35 2023
Withers CE 33.0 2000
Zimmermann CE 78.4 2000-2005
Total Acreage 17,697

Catawba County

Property Name Acreage Year Acquired
Mountain Creek 307.0 2010
Oakwood Farm (note changes to this line item transferred fee & acquired CE in 2014) 62.8 2003
Project Bullseye 34.6 2010
Rollins Preserve 26.2 2008
Terrapin Creek 129.9 2010
Viles Property I 218.6 2000
Viles Property II 65.0 2000
Total Acreage 844.1

Gaston County

Property Name Acreage Year Acquired
Aderholdt Property 75.0 2004
Betty Jean Banker Preserve 6.2 2007
Big Rock Preserve 59.5 2016
Bigleaf Preserve 9.8 2015
Buck-Smith-Long Preserve Buck CE 68.4 2002
Buck-Smith-Long Preserve CLC Purchase 27.1 2002
Buck-Smith-Long Preserve Smith-Long CE 11.3 2002
Catawba Creek Preserve 137.6 2003
Catawba Creek Preserve Homesite 14.3 2003
Charles Wallace Conservation Easement I 16.1 2000
Charles Wallace Conservation Easement II 15.3 2000
Charles Wallace Conservation Easement III 2.2 2000
Colt Thornburg Conservation Easement 43.4 2004
Cook Preserve 33.1 2002
Dave and Linda Hoyle (Sawmill) Conservation Easement 32.5 2004
Duncan 2005 Easment 109.2 2005
Duncan 2007 Easement 24.5 2007
Duncan Rankin Preserve 85.4 2007
Eaker Farm CE 98.5 2017
Eddleman Easement 185.3 2007
Evelyn Rankin and John Paul Stowe Educational Forest 40.8 2000
Friday Farm 166.8 2004
Friday Farm Addition 48.6 2013
Friday Meadow Bog 14.6 2006
Goat Island Preserve 38.2 2008
Goat Island Preserve Addition 3.0 2015
Goble-Huffstetler CE 21.5 2015
Hagans Forest CE 201.9 2011
Hoffman Pharr 12.7 2003
Hoffman Property 27.0 2002
Hoyle Lineberger 58.9 2003
Jack Moore Preserve 99.8 2006
Jack Moore Preserve Addition (Stone Property) 6.2 2023
Jane’s Meadow Bog Preserve 20.9 2018
Killian Farm East 23.8 2010
Killian Forest 146.2 2003
Killian’s Chapel 38.5 2010
Laurel Hill 2008 Addition 16.5 2008
Laurel Hill Preserve 210.7 2001
Meakin Forest 2010 70.9 2010
Meakin Property 62.6 2000
Mt. Holly 215.4 2007
Northbrook Property 52.3 2006
Pharr Preserve West Phase I 28.8 2002
Pharr Preserve West Phase II 12.7 2003
Pharr Yarns Preserve 94.8 2010
Pinhook Preserve – Pharr Yarns 2000 Donation (1/5) 12.5 2000
Pinhook Preserve – Pharr Yarns 2001 Donation (2/5) 12.6 2001
Pinhook Preserve – Pharr Yarns 2002 Donation (3/5) 12.6 2002
Pinhook Preserve – Pharr Yarns 2003 Donation (4/5) 12.2 2003
Pinhook Preserve – Pharr Yarns 2005 Donation (5/5) 12.8 2005
Pinhook Preserve Purchase 61.9 2000
Rankintown Nature Preserve 70.5 1999
Redlair 01 149.2 1999
Redlair 02 147.9 1999
Redlair 03 200.2 1999
Redlair 04 34.4 1999
Redlair 05 67.5 1999
Redlair 06 13.3 1999
Redlair 07 8.7 1999
Redlair 08 – Forney Rankin 27.0 1999
Redlair 09 – Southern Stone Farm 48.4 1999
Redlair 10 – Southern Field and Forest 16.7 2001
Redlair 11  – Wilson Field 5.0 2001
Redlair 12 – Hickory Grove 0.0 2007
Redlair 12 – Hickory Grove (Karin Rankin Gift) 9.8 2013
Rhyne Creek Preserve 86.2 2008
Rhyne Farmstead 8.2 2001
Richard D. and Barbara L. Rhyne Farm 171.2 2001
Rutledge Preserve 8.4 2007
Seven Oaks Preserve 74.2 2011
Seven Oaks Trail Easement 4.5 2011
South Crowders Creek Preserve 24.9 2009
Spencer Mountain Trail East 0 2024
Spencer Mountain Wetland 103.1 2000
Springhaven Preserve 77.5 2011
Stanley Creek Forest 506.1 2003
Stroupe Forest Preserve 62.7 2019
Teague Property 17.8 2004
Trexler Property 6.3 2004
Total Acreage 4,863.1

Iredell County

Property Name Acreage Year Acquired
Beaux Champs 16.4 2023
Blue Bird Farm 134.73 2003
Girl Scouts, Hornets’ Nest Council Conservation Easement 358 2012
Girl Scouts CTT 0 2012
Total Acreage 509.1

Lincoln County

Property Name Acreage Year Acquired
Big Sky I Easement 41.3 2004
Boy Scouts Preserve 8.4 2007
Bynum Grove Farm 135.6 2010
Bynum-Killian Farm 107.4 2000
Carpenter CE 22.5 2016
Catawba Springs Preserve 135.9 2013
Cole Property 38.5 2005
Coley Preserve 75.7 2017
Dean Lincoln CE 34.2 2013
Forney Creek JBDK 2.0 2023
Frye Farm 206.8 2010
George Clark CE 124.8 2017
Grace Farm 106.6 2011
Killian Farm 111.5 2010
Little Egypt Preserve 60.2 2014
Little Falls Preserve 29.3 2018
Massapoag Preserve 17.3 2019
Meakin – Lincoln Co. Preserve 117.5 2003
Mitchem Farm II 138.1 2023
Mitchem Farm Conservation Easement 103.3 2019
Old Stumpy Preserve 87.5 2020
Paul and Agnes Rhyne Conservation Easement 220.0 2000
Paul and Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve (60 acres) 60.0 1999
Popple Springs 24.3 2024
Pott Creek Wetland 75.2 2003
Ramsey Donation 3.6 2003
Ramsey Property 16.6 2003
Rhyne Preserve Additions – Hester Malone 13.3 2001
Rhyne Preserve Additions-Legacy Shares 31.1 2003
River Oaks Plantation 130.0 2001
River Oaks Plantation-Long 122.0 2001
Riverbend I and II Purchase 68.4 2004
Rock Springs Park 116.5 2008
Rudisill Farm 72.5 2015
Sally’s Y 85.0 2007
Thistle #2 68.6 2003
Total Acreage 2,835.3

Mecklenburg County

Property Name Acreage Year Acquired
Adair Property 38.7 2000
Allan White Property 31.0 2006
Bethea Property 51.3 2001
Blue Bird Farm 134.7 2003
Brackett Bluff 60.6 2002
Bradford Farm CE 26.6 2020
Bragg Central 11.7 2008
Bragg East 86.2 2005
Bragg East Addition 68.9 2018
Bragg North 142.2 2001
Bragg South 68.9 2000
Bragg Woods CE 28.2 2013
Brandmaier (Gar Creek) 14.2 2000
Buchanan-Helms I 11.0 2007
Buchanan-Helms II 12.1 2007
Buchanan-Helms III 4.5 2007
Burton Addition CE 35.6 2013
Burton Property 53.3 2000
Caldwell Creek Addition 30.1 2025
Caldwell Creek Copse 42 2024
Catawba Wildflower Glen 9.8 1995
Catawba Wildflower Glen Addition 0.6 2019
Clark Property 56.8 2000
Dane Property 11.7 2006
Deal CE 2.1 2022
DiMicco Preserve 31.5 2011
DiMicco Preserve Addition 77.4 2012
Doe Creek 92.7 2017
Eakes 217.5 2009
Eastover Ridge Preserve 21.6 1999
Eastover Woods 4.9 2008
Four Mile Forest 9.5 2024
Freeman Holcomb CE 27.4 2022
Gum Branch CE 44.8 2016
Gum Branch CE Addition 13.9 2017
Hinchliffe Property 33.9 2001
Holly Track CE 192.5 2018
Hostetler 1.9 2007
Hostetler Conservation Easement 0.1 1997
Jenkins Property 50.8 2000
Lakeview Park 50.6 2011
Lakewood 19.4 2012
Larchmont Circle 16.9 2025
Long Creek Bluff 16.0 1997
Long Creek East CE 28.6 2011
Long Creek East Preserve 55.8 2011
Long Creek West CE 22.6 2011
Mallard Creek (UNCC) CE 27.1 2018
McCoy Farm 2006 50.4 2006
McCoy Forest 29 2023
McCoy Historic Farm 29.2 2013
McCoy, Joseph Bennett 60.5 2020
McCoy-Lawson Property 4.0 2001
McPherson 14.7 2013
Newcombe Preserve 33.2 2009
Newcombe Preserve Addition 21.7 2014
Powell-Bannister Preserve 71.4 2002
Preserve at Meadowbrook 0.4 2007
Ramah Creek Gateway CE 6.6 2013
ReVenture Creekside 47.1 2011
ReVenture Riverside 21.2 2011
Ridge Road Preserve 40.7 1999
Robert McCoy 41.8 2000
Sandifer Wilson 10.9 2023
Smawley II 23.8 2017
Smawley Tract 6.8 1998
Spears 19.4 2021
Teeter Estate 167.8 2021
Washam Farm South 54.5 2023
Welch CE 7.0 2013
Whitehall Nature Preserve 45.0 1996
Will’s Woods 35.5 2009
Windy Grove Woods 6.4 2024
Withers East 23.5 2000
Withers West 9.5 2000
Zimmermann Addition 3.7 2005
Zimmermann Property 74.7 2000
Total Acreage 3,050.6

Union County

Property Name Acreage Year Acquired
Brooklandwood 201.1 2000
Brooklandwood 2006 44.5 2006
Cane Creek 5.0 2006
City of Monroe (Bearskin Creek) 1.2 2022
DuPuy 375.6 2007
Howey Farm 115.6 2011
Howey Farm Tract C CE 104.0 2014
Hunter Farm 48.0 2002
Jackson Blackjack Preserve 23.5 2017
Little Lake James CE 30.7 2016
Mallory Property 16.9 2025
McCorkle – Howie CE 30.9 2022
Mineral Springs Greenway BC 47.1 2009
Mineral Springs Greenway DE 11.1 2009
Old Still Farm CE 339 2018
Rance Place 63.6 2003
Stony Knoll CE 59.9 2013
Turtle Haven 48.8 2021
Waxhaw Creek Preserve 152.4 2013
Weddington Preserve 2.3 2002
Total Acreage  1,721.2

Properties in Other Counties Outside the CLC Service Area (York, Yancey, Stanly and Cabarrus)

Property Name Acreage Year Acquired
Bollag Trail Easement (Cabarrus) 0 2016
Bryant Tract (York) 0.3 1995
Buffalo Creek Preserve (Cabarrus) 392.8 2011
Cannon Preserve (Cabarrus) 44 2024
CAT Long Preserve (Cabarrus) 28.2 2018
Concord – Weddington Road (Cabarrus) 29.0 2011
Elledge Preserve (Cabarrus) 13.5 2014
Jones and Polly Pharr Conservation Easement (Cabarrus) 347.9 2011
Pharr Family Preserve (Cabarrus) 66.2 2011
Vanderburg Preserve (Cabarrus) 28.4 2015
Dean Cleveland Property (Cleveland) 57.2 2013
Pumpkin Creek Preserve (Stanly) 30.3 2015
Rocky Pop Preserve (Cabarrus) 38.6 2018
Scott Trail Easement (York) 0 1901
The Fork (Stanly) 1,353.1 2013
The Mills at Rocky River (Cabarrus) 0 2015
Edwards (Yancey) 1,283.0 2006
Bryant Tract (York) 0.3 1995
Total Acreage  3,712.8

Photo: Buffalo Creek Preserve by Nancy Pierce
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