The Carolina Climbers Coalition acquired Buckeye Knob and Barn boulders, establishing the first permanently protected bouldering area in Boone, NC. The Barn bouldering area includes over 500 boulder problems. The group plans to build sustainable trails to improve access to the area.
In October 2018, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke signed a 20-year mineral withdrawal for 30,000 acres of National Forest lands adjacent to the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness and Yellowstone National Park. This area includes Paradise Valley, Emigrant Gulch and Crevice Mountain, and is important migration habitat for mule deer and elk. Once threatened by two industrial scale…
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust acquired 2,992 acres of wetlands, cypress swamps, critical bottomland hardwood forests, and seven miles of Waccamaw River frontage. The property is adjacent to 37,000 acres of protected land, creating one of the largest conservation corridors in North Carolina. The 140-mile Waccamaw River, a designated Blue Trail, is a destination for…
The National Park Trust and Appalachian Trail Conservancy completed the first (Ridge) phase of the Bald Mountain Pond Project, a land acquisition project totaling 1,495 acres in Maine. Acquisition of this land permanently protects old growth (150 years old) spruce forest threatened by development, and preserves the scenic and wild acreage along the Appalachian National…
Acquisition of the Red Hill property permanently protects one of the two largest unprotected giant sequoia groves in the world. This 160-acre property is entirely within the boundaries of Giant Sequoia National Monument and contains 110 ancient giant sequoias. Save the Redwoods League plans to steward the property and eventually transfer it to the US Forest…
Friends of the Columbia Gorge protected eight different properties totaling 470 acres of land along the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge. The land-preservation campaign is one of the largest to be completed in the Gorge since it was designated as a national scenic area by Congress in 1986. These properties preserve the Gorge’s scenic beauty,…
Columbia Land Trust acquired 3,200 acres in Washington’s Klickitat Canyon. This completes the second phase of a 5,600-acre project protecting forestland of high importance for recreation, wildlife, and habitat connectivity along the Wild and Scenic Klickitat River, Washington State’s longest undammed river. The forested stretch of river, basalt canyon, and upland terrain connects the Yakama Nation Indian…
The town of Richmond, Vermont is the proud owner of a 428-acre forest located one mile from the village center. Vermont Land Trust worked with the community to acquire the forest, which is a key part of a protected area that helps connect Camel’s Hump State Park with Mount Mansfield State Forest. The forest is…
The Appalachian Mountain Club assisted the Forest Society of Maine in completing the Gulf-Hagas Whitecap project to protect 9,976 acres of mountains, forests and recreation land in the middle of Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness. This parcel includes five miles of the West Branch of the Pleasant River, renowned for its high-quality brook trout fishing and paddling…
Forterra completed a 1,500-acre acquisition in the Port Gamble Forest on Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula in December, 2017. This acquisition completes a decade-long project to conserve more than 4,000 acres for recreation, restoration, cultural heritage and wildlife habitat. A mountain bike trail network is planned at the north end of the property, adding to the 65…
