Property List
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 |
| Will’s Woods | 31.0 | 2006 |
| 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 |
| Boy Scouts Preserve | 8.4 | 2007 |
| Brackett Bluff | 60.6 | 2002 |
| Bragg Central | 11.7 | 2008 |
| Bragg East | 86.2 | 2005 |
| 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 |
| Cane Creek | 5.0 | 2006 |
| Carpenter CE | 22.5 | 2016 |
| 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 |
| Charles Wallace Conservation Easement I | 16.1 | 2000 |
| Charles Wallace Conservation Easement II | 15.3 | 2000 |
| Charles Wallace Conservation Easement III | 2.2 | 2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jackson Blackjack Preserve | 23.5 | 2017 |
| 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 |
| Laurel Hill 2008 Addition | 16.5 | 2008 |
| Laurel Hill Preserve | 210.7 | 2001 |
| Little Egypt Preserve | 60.2 | 2014 |
| 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 |
| McCoy Farm 2006 | 50.4 | 2006 |
| McCoy Historic Farm | 29.2 | 2013 |
| 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 CE | 58.2 | 2009 |
| Mountain Creek | 589.9 | 2010 |
| Mt. Holly | 215.4 | 2007 |
| Newcombe Preserve | 33.2 | 2009 |
| Newcombe Preserve Addition | 21.7 | 2014 |
| Northbrook Preserve | 52.3 | 2006 |
| Oakwood Farm (note changes to this line item transferred fee & acquired CE in 2014) | 62.8 | 2003 |
| Paul and Agnes Rhyne Conservation Easement | 220.0 | 2000 |
| 60 Acre Woods | 60.0 | 1999 |
| Pharr Family Preserve | 66.2 | 2011 |
| Pharr Yarns Preserve | 94.8 | 2010 |
| Pinhook Preserve | 61.9 | 2000-2005 |
| Pott Creek Wetland Preserve | 75.2 | 2003 |
| Powell-Bannister CE | 71.4 | 2002 |
| 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 | 718.3 | 1999-2001 |
| ReVenture Creekside | 47.1 | 2011 |
| ReVenture Riverside | 21.2 | 2011 |
| Rhyne Creek Preserve | 86.2 | 2008 |
| Hester Malone Preserve | 13.3 | 2001 |
| Legacy Shares Preserve | 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 |
| Rollins Preserve | 26.2 | 2008 |
| Rudisill Farm | 72.5 | 2015 |
| Rutledge Preserve | 8.4 | 2007 |
| Sally’s Y Preserve | 85.0 | 2007 |
| Seven Oaks Preserve | 74.2 | 2011 |
| Smawley Preserve | 23.8 | 2017 |
| Smawley CE | 6.8 | 1998 |
| South Crowders Creek Preserve | 24.9 | 2009 |
| Spencer Mountain Wetland Preserve | 103.1 | 2000 |
| Springhaven Preserve | 77.5 | 2011 |
| Stanley Creek Forest | 506.1 | 2003 |
| Stony Knoll CE | 59.9 | 2013 |
| Teague CE | 17.8 | 2004 |
| Terrapin Creek CE | 129.9 | 2010 |
| The Fork CE | 1353.1 | 2013 |
| Thistle #2 CE | 68.6 | 2003 |
| Trexler Preserve | 6.3 | 2004 |
| Vanderburg Preserve | 28.4 | 2015 |
| Viles Preserve | 283.6 | 2000 |
| 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 |
| Withers CE | 33.0 | 2000 |
| Zimmermann CE | 78.4 | 2000-2005 |
| Total Acreage | 15,725 |
Catawba County
| Property Name | Acreage | Year Acquired |
| Mountain Creek | 282.9 | 2010 |
| 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 | 1,127 |
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 Property | 27.0 | 2002 |
| Hoyle Lineberger | 58.9 | 2003 |
| Jack Moore Preserve | 99.8 | 2006 |
| 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 |
| South Crowders Creek Preserve | 24.9 | 2009 |
| Spencer Mountain Wetland | 103.1 | 2000 |
| Springhaven Preserve | 77.5 | 2011 |
| Stanley Creek Forest | 506.1 | 2003 |
| Teague Property | 17.8 | 2004 |
| Trexler Property | 6.3 | 2004 |
| Total Acreage | 4,731.7 |
Iredell County
| Property Name | Acreage | Year Acquired | ||
| Blue Bird Farm | 134.73 | 2003 | ||
| Girl Scouts, Hornets’ Nest Council Conservation Easement | 358 | 2012 | ||
| Total Acreage | 492.73 | |||
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 |
| Frye Farm | 206.8 | 2010 |
| George Clark CE | 124.8 | 2017 |
| Grace Farm | 106.6 | 2011 |
| Killian Farm | 111.5 | 2010 |
| Killian Farm East | 23.8 | 2010 |
| Little Egypt Preserve | 60.2 | 2014 |
| Meakin – Lincoln Co. Preserve | 117.5 | 2003 |
| Paul and Agnes Rhyne Conservation Easement | 220.0 | 2000 |
| Paul and Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve (60 acres) | 60.0 | 1999 |
| 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 | 2,433.5 |
Mecklenburg County
| Property Name | Acreage | Year Acquired |
| Adair Property | 38.7 | 2000 |
| Allan White Property | 31.0 | 2006 |
| Bethea Property | 51.3 | 2001 |
| Brackett Bluff | 60.6 | 2002 |
| Bragg Central | 11.7 | 2008 |
| Bragg East | 86.2 | 2005 |
| 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 |
| Catawba Wildflower Glen | 9.8 | 1995 |
| Clark Property | 56.8 | 2000 |
| Dane Property | 11.7 | 2006 |
| 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 |
| Gum Branch CE | 44.8 | 2016 |
| Gum Branch CE Addition | 13.9 | 2017 |
| Hinchliffe Property | 33.9 | 2001 |
| Hostetler | 1.9 | 2007 |
| Hostetler Conservation Easement | 0.1 | 1997 |
| Jenkins Property | 50.8 | 2000 |
| 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 |
| McCoy Farm 2006 | 50.4 | 2006 |
| McCoy Historic Farm | 29.2 | 2013 |
| 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 |
| Smawley II | 23.8 | 2017 |
| Smawley Tract | 6.8 | 1998 |
| Welch CE | 7.0 | 2013 |
| Whitehall Nature Preserve | 45.0 | 1996 |
| Will’s Woods | 35.5 | 2009 |
| Withers East | 23.5 | 2000 |
| Withers West | 9.5 | 2000 |
| Zimmermann Addition | 3.7 | 2005 |
| Zimmermann Property | 74.7 | 2000 |
| Total Acreage | 2,053.5 |
Union County
| Property Name | Acreage | Year Acquired | ||
| Brooklandwood | 201.1 | 2000 | ||
| Brooklandwood 2006 | 44.5 | 2006 | ||
| Cane Creek | 5.0 | 2006 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Mineral Springs Greenway BC | 47.1 | 2009 | ||
| Mineral Springs Greenway DE | 11.1 | 2009 | ||
| Rance Place | 63.6 | 2003 | ||
| Stony Knoll CE | 59.9 | 2013 | ||
| Waxhaw Creek Preserve | 152.4 | 2013 | ||
| Weddington Preserve | 2.3 | 2002 | ||
| Total Acreage | 1,284.5 | |||
Properties in Other Counties Outside the CLC Service Area (York, Yancey, Stanly and Cabarrus)
| Property Name | Acreage | Year Acquired | ||
| Buffalo Creek Preserve (Cabarrus) | 392.8 | 2011 | ||
| 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 | ||
| The Fork (Stanly) | 1,353.1 | 2013 | ||
| Edwards (Yancey) | 1,283.0 | 2006 | ||
| Bryant Tract (York) | 0.3 | 1995 | ||
| Total Acreage | 3,544.4 | |||