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Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina
Guardians of
the Land
Michael Cudlipp
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina recognizes
to protect the headwaters of the Johns River, secure
landowners for their generous donations or bargain
permanent protection of an iconic viewshed of the
sales of land or conservation easements to achieve
Blue Ridge Mountains, and add to the Conservancy9s
permanent protection for the places they cherish.
adjoining preserve lands, the Johns River Headwaters
These gifts allow future generations to enjoy the
project and Cherry Tree Hollow.
In 2023, Michael Cudlipp donated 6 acres of land
along the Blue Ridge Escarpment in Blowing Rock,
NC, Caldwell County, to Foothills Conservancy of NC
beauty of these irreplaceable landscapes forever.
We are pleased to recognize the following as our
newest Guardians of the Land.
Tim Sweeney
Long-time partner of Foothills Conservancy of NC,
conservationist Tim Sweeney sold multiple properties
to the Conservancy, each at a bargain sale price for
permanent conservation, including:
" Pinnacle Mountains West - 1,460 acres in
The shareholders of Globe Land Company sold 326
acres in the Blowing Rock and Globe communities
of Caldwell County to Foothills Conservancy of NC at
a bargain sale price. The highly signiocant property
contains the headwaters of the Johns River and
protects the magniocent viewshed from The Blowing
Rock attraction.
Gregory Tant
the South Mountains of Rutherford County to
Conservationist landowner, Gregory Tant, sold a
continue a conservation corridor linking the
bargain sale conservation easement to Foothills
South Mountains to the Blue Ridge Mountains that
Conservancy on his 10-acre parcel of land adjoining
conserves headwaters of the Broad and Catawba
the Pisgah National Forest in The Globe area of
rivers, preserves unbroken forested landscapes
Caldwell County, forever protecting the connuence of
that host multiple unique habitats and species,
and will hold a future segment of the Wilderness
Gateway State Trail.
" Prospect Ridge - 442 acres in the headwaters of
the Henry Fork River in Burke County that connects
FCNC9s Smiths Cliffs / Henry River Preserve
lands, and will be a location of a segment of the
Wilderness Gateway State Trail.
" Tri-County Forests - 1,125 acres in the Brushy
Mountains of Alexander, Iredell and Wilkes
counties that FCNC acquired in partnership with
Blue Ridge Conservancy to protect watershed
lands of the Yadkin River Basin, and signiocant
natural resources of the Tri-County Forest Natural
Heritage Area.
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Globe Land Company, LLC
Thunderhole Creek and the Johns River.
