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Board approves $1.1 million in open-space bond funds for two conservation easements
Summary
The board approved $1.1 million in easement funding to preserve Hawk Creek Headwaters (63 acres) and portions of Warren Wilson College lands (part of a multi-easement 600-acre project). Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy presented conservation values and funding plans; the county will contribute toward purchase and transaction costs.
The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted Nov. 4 to approve a total of $1.1 million in open-space bond funds to establish two conservation easements recommended by the county’s Land Conservation Advisory Board.
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) presented details for the Hawk Creek Headwaters tract, a 63-acre property adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. SAHC described the property’s scenic viewshed, public hiking access, wildlife corridor function, headwater streams and steep slopes where development could worsen…
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