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Foothills Conservancy seeks endorsement for 12,000‑acre Hickory Nut Mountain conservation project
Summary
Foothills Conservancy asked McDowell County commissioners on March 10 to endorse a plan to conserve about 12,000 acres near Old Fort and to provide a letter supporting grant applications for acquisition and trail development.
Representatives of Foothills Conservancy asked the Board of Commissioners on March 10 to endorse a proposed conservation and public‑access project called Hickory Nut Mountain, a roughly 12,000‑acre tract near Old Fort they hope will become a new state park and wildlife lands.
Michael Gaffney, representing Foothills Conservancy, said the tract lies at the meeting of the Blue Ridge escarpment and the South Mountains and would be divided after acquisition: about 8,000 acres to the state parks system and roughly 3,000…
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