{"id":47181,"date":"2021-12-18T11:47:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T16:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=47181"},"modified":"2021-12-18T11:48:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T16:48:05","slug":"conservation-foothills-conservancy-supports-expanding-pisgah-national-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/outdoors\/conservation-foothills-conservancy-supports-expanding-pisgah-national-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation: Foothills Conservancy Supports Expanding Pisgah National Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_47184\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47184\" class=\"wp-image-47184 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Conservation-Foothills-Burnfield-Branch-a-tributary-of-the-Johns-River.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Foothills-Conserancy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Conservation-Foothills-Burnfield-Branch-a-tributary-of-the-Johns-River.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Foothills-Conserancy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Conservation-Foothills-Burnfield-Branch-a-tributary-of-the-Johns-River.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Foothills-Conserancy-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Conservation-Foothills-Burnfield-Branch-a-tributary-of-the-Johns-River.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Foothills-Conserancy-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Conservation-Foothills-Burnfield-Branch-a-tributary-of-the-Johns-River.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Foothills-Conserancy-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Conservation-Foothills-Burnfield-Branch-a-tributary-of-the-Johns-River.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Foothills-Conserancy-810x472.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Conservation-Foothills-Burnfield-Branch-a-tributary-of-the-Johns-River.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Foothills-Conserancy-1140x664.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-47184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burnfield Branch, a tributary of the Johns River. Photo courtesy of the Foothills Conservancy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Emma Castleberry<\/p>\n<p>Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina continues its tireless environmental protection efforts with two recent property purchases\u2014Sunnyvale Slopes in McDowell County and Burntfield Branch in Caldwell County. \u201cBoth properties have significant natural resources and each fills in a missing puzzle piece of Pisgah National Forest,\u201d says land protection director Tom Kenney. Many people might assume that a national forest like Pisgah is a continuous stretch of protected land, but in reality there are several parcels of private land mixed into the federal lands managed by the Forest Service. \u201cIt almost looks like a checkerboard or a quilt\u2014there are a lot of pieces missing,\u201d says Kenney. \u201cBoth of these projects are good examples of filling in such gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continuous stretches of protected land offer improved habitat preservation and climate change resiliency. \u201cWhenever you have private properties in between permanent conservation lands,\u201d says Kenney, \u201cthere is vulnerability. On a larger scale, certain lands are believed to have better capability of resilience because they have more niches and more micro-habitats. The greater the variety of different types of lands that are all conserved in a formal network, the better species and vegetation communities can adapt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Water quality can also be managed more effectively when lands are conserved in completion rather than piecemeal. \u201cBoth Sunnyvale Slopes and Burntfield Branch protect sections of very significant streams recognized by the state of North Carolina as important trout or other aquatic habitat and they are also important for water supply and public drinking water,\u201d says Kenney.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47183\" style=\"width: 988px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47183\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47183\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Conservation_-Foothills-Burnfield-Branch-a-tributary-of-the-Johns-River.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Foothills-Conserancy-e1639845895239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Conservation_-Foothills-Burnfield-Branch-a-tributary-of-the-Johns-River.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Foothills-Conserancy-e1639845895239.jpg 978w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Conservation_-Foothills-Burnfield-Branch-a-tributary-of-the-Johns-River.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Foothills-Conserancy-e1639845895239-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Conservation_-Foothills-Burnfield-Branch-a-tributary-of-the-Johns-River.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Foothills-Conserancy-e1639845895239-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Conservation_-Foothills-Burnfield-Branch-a-tributary-of-the-Johns-River.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Foothills-Conserancy-e1639845895239-810x514.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-47183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buck Creek, typical conditions on western property boundary. Photo by Kevin Caldwell,<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Burntfield Branch is a 118-acre property along Highway 90 between Blowing Rock and Collettsville. Surrounded by Pisgah National Forest on three sides, this parcel will bring new fishing opportunities along Johns River, additional recreational access to the forest and a new hiking trail to the public when it is transferred to the Forest Service in the next few years. Burntfield Branch is home to a number of spring wildflowers, most of which bloom in early April, and the property also features at least 205 types of flora and fauna, including two species of bat. The property includes a mix of southern yellow pine and hardwood forest, as well as meadows and boulder fields that provide a diverse habitat for wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Sunnyvale Slopes is a 130-acre parcel located between Marion and the Blue Ridge Parkway. The project is named after the area\u2019s former logging community and adjoins Pisgah National Forest, with Foothills Conservancy expecting to transfer it to the Forest Service in 2022. Sunnyvale Slopes includes a quarter-mile section of Buck Creek and many tributaries of this important public water supply\u2014the only source of drinking water for the city of Marion. The area is home to more than 50 high-priority bird species as well as at least four at-risk forest communities and one rare plant species. The Nature Conservancy completed an assessment recently that identified Sunnyvale Slopes as an \u201cabove average\u201d priority area for protecting biodiversity from climate change. Like Burntfield Branch, this property will improve recreational access opportunities to the national forest once transferred.<\/p>\n<p><em>Make a difference in the future of this region with a donation in 2021 in support of Foothill Conservancy\u2019s year-end appeal. Consider making a year-end, tax-deductible gift now through Friday, December 31. For more information or to donate, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/FoothillsConservancy.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FoothillsConservancy.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina continues its tireless environmental protection efforts with two recent property purchases\u2014Sunnyvale Slopes in McDowell County and Burntfield Branch in Caldwell County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":47183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservation","category-outdoors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Conservation: Foothills Conservancy Supports Expanding Pisgah National Forest - 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