Bates Riparian Area ~ 16 acres, Guilford County

John and Moni Bates.  Donation of Conservation Easement.

A field botanist by profession, Moni Bates knows Mears Fork, the Haw River tributary that meanders behind her home, is a special place.  Eager to protect the tributary, its natural communities and its wildlife habitat; the Bates built support within their community to protect it.  The Bates donated an easement in 2002 along Mears Fork on their property.  The Mears Fork Steering Committee and the Haw River Assembly helped PLC secure the necessary funds to protect this and two other properties.   

Project funding provided by the landowner, the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund, and the Mott Foundation via the Conservation Trust for North Carolina.

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