FLC’s 2014 Native Tree & Shrub Projects
In 2013, Foothills Land Conservancy received a $5000 grant, made possible by the American Forests and Alcoa Foundation's Partnership for Trees initiative. The Partnership for Trees Program is part of Alcoa Foundation's commitment to plant 10 million trees by 2020, with nearly 700,000 trees planted to date. FLC's focus for [...]
2012 Conservation Easements
News Release (March 2013) - FLC Applauds Renewal of Conservation Tax Incentive FLC Celebrates Another Record Setting Conservation Year! Maryville, TN - It's been another banner year for Foothills Land Conservancy. In December of 2012, FLC completed 12 conservation easement projects totaling 6625 acres - surpassing last year's acreage number [...]
FLC Photography Tours
Private Lands Photo Tour with Foothills Land Conservancy Although this event has already passed, please email eeustace@foothillsland.org if there is any interest in taking photos for FLC! (Click here to view a short video about FLC - Produced by Doug Mills of the Heartland Series!) Photographer Mark Lewis and FLC [...]
2011 Conservation Easement Projects
Now in our 27th year of service as a land trust, FLC has assisted in the preservation of 30,000 acres in 18 Tennessee counties. This past year Foothills partnered with landowners on nineteen land protection projects covering 4400 acres! Recent easements include two Tennessee Century Farms in Monroe County, 120 [...]
Conservation Easement – Big Lost Creek (Polk County)
FLC is pleased to announce last week's conservation easement signing on a 648 acre tract in Polk County. Surrounded on all sides by the 640,000 acre Cherokee National Forest, this property offers ridge top views of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, including the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Tributaries on the [...]
Conservation Easement – Gilreath Property (Blount County)
Catherine Gilreath, a longtime Blount County resident and outdoors person/volunteer, recently decided to give back to her community in the form of a conservation easement. Her [...]
FLC Conservation Easement on Wallace Property (15 acres – Knox County)
Billy Wallace decided to partner with Foothills in 2011 in order to place his 15 acre tract in Halls under conservation easement. This is truly a unique piece of land that includes a blue hole (or underwater sinkhole) that is part cave and part spring. The property's spring feeds into [...]
Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge (Now Named: Seven Islands State Birding Park) – Knox County (FLC Conservation Easement on 26 acres)
In early 2010, FLC agreed to hold a conservation easement for the Legacy Parks Foundation on 26 acres in Knox County for the purpose of enlarging the Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge (SIWR) property. Since that time, the Legacy Parks Foundation has given this tract (that includes the easement) over to [...]
Friends of the Smokies Purchases Land Adjacent to National Park (Sevier County)
*Reprinted with permission from Friends of the Smokies. KODAK, TN-SEPTEMBER 13, 2010- Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park was the successful bidder in a public auction of 20 acres of land surrounded on three sides by Great Smoky Mountains [...]