ASHEVILLE, N.C .â The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy has announced a future land acquisition of approximately 7,500 acres of land in the Roan Highlands. The land is being acquired from a conservation philanthropist.
The tract lies within the southern end of the planning boundary of the Yellow Mountain State Natural Area, a special conservation area designated by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2008 to protect the area.
The donation consists of dozens of separate-but-contiguous land holdings which extend up the mountain to 5,300 feet in elevation, straddling the border of Avery and Mitchell counties in Western North Carolina. It supports numerous threatened and endangered plant and animal species and features some of the most extraordinary scenery in the eastern United States. The property includes the largest American Chestnut restoration project in the country, extensive border fields, rich coves, old growth forests, six waterfalls and a system of rare heat
ASHEVILLE â Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) announced last week that it has signed a letter of intent to accept the donation of approximately 7,500 acres of land in the Roan Highlands landscape from a conservation philanthropist. The tract lies within the southern end of the planning boundary of the Yellow Mountain State Natural Area, a special conservation area designated by the NC General Assembly in 2008 to protect the exceptional natural features found there.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is identified as donor of the property, keeping rare plant and animal habitat and prized natural features from development. The donation is the largest in the conservancyâs 47-year history and one of the biggest ever made to a land trust in the state.
CREEDMOOR â A donation from one of the co-founders of one of the worldâs wealthiest video-game companies has enabled the Tar River Land Conservatory to increase the size of a nature preserve near Creedmoor by more than 50%.
Conservancy officials announced recently that their organization had received 83 acres in the Swift Creek area and âa significant financial contributionâ from Mark and Tara Rein.
Mark Rein is co-founder and vice president of Epic Games, the Cary software house that makes and publishes Fortnite, the gaming sensation whose success over the past few years has helped push the companyâs value to almost $29 billion.
April 23, 2021 - 11:25 AM
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The founder of Epic Games is donating a large stretch of North Carolina s Appalachian highlands to be preserved as a haven for wildlife.
The Asheville-based non-profit Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy announced the donation of 7,500 acres in the Roan Highlands by Tim Sweeney, the founder and CEO of Epic Games, based in Cary, North Carolina.
News outlets reported that the non-profit group signed a letter of intent on Thursday to accept the land transfer, which should be completed in the next year.
In addition to overseeing Epic s Fortnite and Rocket League video game franchises, Sweeney has been a conservation philanthropist. The newspaper reported that county deed registers value the properties in the tens of millions of dollars, but the conservancy considers the land to be priceless.
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