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FLC is on iNaturalist! Check out our latest sightings.

February 7, 2024

FLC staff and visitors are posting their species observations at the Harris Farm on FLC's iNaturalist page. The Harris Farm is located on 300+ acres [...]

121 acres of Jefferson County, TN, farmland permanently preserved

December 21, 2022

Images clockwise from top) Holston River, Sleeping Lady in the Distance; The Isaac McBee House (1850); Dutchman's Breeches; Yellow Trout Lily; FLC Biologist, Shelby Lyn [...]

FLC recently partnered with landowners to preserve their 71 acre property in Knox County, TN!

December 21, 2022

Images clockwise from top left)  Aerial view from northwest corner of the property; Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila); FLC's Exec. Dir. Bill Clabough, pictured left, with [...]

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FLC is on iNaturalist! Check out our latest sightings.

February 7, 2024 FLC Pollinator Patches, FLC Publications, Habitat & Wildlife, Harris Farm, Posts from the Field

FLC staff and visitors are posting their species observations at the Harris Farm on FLC's iNaturalist page. The Harris Farm is located on 300+ acres in Rockford, TN, and is the site of our office headquarters. Check out another FLC iNaturalist page for Jarvis Park in Maryville, TN!

FLC partners with landowners to preserve another working farm in Jefferson County, TN, this year!

December 29, 2022 Conservation Easements, FLC Partners, FLC Projects, Land Acquisition & Preservation, Posts from the Field

Images from top)  Aerial view of the property; Recent crop yields at the farm include soy beans (left) and corn (right); Aerial view of the farm with House Mountain in the distance; Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) Jefferson County, TN - FLC recently partnered with landowners to preserve their 139 acre [...]

121 acres of Jefferson County, TN, farmland permanently preserved

December 21, 2022 Conservation Easements, FLC Partners, FLC Projects, Habitat & Wildlife, Land Acquisition & Preservation

Images clockwise from top) Holston River, Sleeping Lady in the Distance; The Isaac McBee House (1850); Dutchman's Breeches; Yellow Trout Lily; FLC Biologist, Shelby Lyn Sanders, with Jack & Beverly Kramer STRAWBERRY PLAINS, TENNESSEE—"Can you see the Sleeping Lady?” We are standing on the back porch of the historic Isaac [...]

FLC preserves 640 acre working farm in Gordon County, GA!

December 21, 2022 Conservation Easements, FLC Partners, FLC Projects, Habitat & Wildlife, Land Acquisition & Preservation

Images clockwise from top) A few of the property’s fallow fields have recently produced a soybean harvest while others have been utilized for growing hay.; Field with goldenrod; Pond on property One of FLC’s most recent conservation easement agreements involves the partnership with the University of Georgia on a 640-acre [...]

A Deep Connection to the Land Dreaming Bear partners with FLC to preserve her property in perpetuity!

December 21, 2022 Conservation Easements, FLC Partners, FLC Projects, Habitat & Wildlife, Land Acquisition & Preservation

Images clockwise from top right) Landowner Dreaming Bear celebrates the preservation of her property with FLC Biologist Shelby Lyn Sanders.; Mountain Meadow-rue (Thalictrum clavatum); Dreaming Bear captured in a moment of song; Seabolt Creek flows tranquilly through the property FANNIN COUNTY, GEORGIA—You can hear the quiet laughter of Seabolt Creek [...]