Donation of Conservation Easement.
Saddle Mountain ~ 250 acres, Alleghany County
Byron and Margaret Wolfe, C.C.
Wolfe, and Lucy Wolfe Eaton.
Donation of Conservation Easement.
A conservation easement allowing a conservation-based development on the top 250 acres of Saddle Mountain was donated to PLC in 2001. In addition to limiting the number of homesites, the easement defined specific construction parameters of any homes eventually built. Although residential development was not prohibited on this property, easement terms ensured that if it occurred it would be done with minimal impact to the site’s natural features, water quality of the Mitchell River, and the views from the Blue Ridge Parkway.
In 2005, the Conservation
Trust for North Carolina (CTNC) acquired the underlying property title and
safeguarded the conservation values of this site even further than the initial
easement. PLC transferred the easement to CTNC so that they could then transfer
their entire interest in the land to the
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to manage as a state natural area
within their public game lands program.
Project funding provided by the landowner, the Conservation Trust for North Carolina, and the NC Natural Heritage Trust Fund.