Another Blue Ridge Mountains Tract Protected

An 8,000-acre tract that is the largest privately-owned wilderness in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains has been placed under contract to conservation groups for $33 million, they said today.

The Hendersonville-based Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and the Conservation Fund, a national group, said they bought the Transylvania County property from Champion Cattle and Tree Farms. Champion is part of a corporation owned by the family of former U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor, R-N.C.

It is always good to see a former public servant giving back to the country he served. The property was sold at a 40-50% discount to the assessed value.

Situated on top of the Blue Ridge escarpment and covering much of the headwater drainage of the East Fork of the French Broad River, the tract will protect a diverse ecological niche.

Read more at: Big Blue Ridge Mountains tract protected – CharlotteObserver.com.

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