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Posts from the Field – Check out FLC’s latest news and projects!

: View of the French Broad River taken from a recently preserved 64 acre tract in Knox County. This property is located just downriver from Seven Islands State Birding Park. In early 2020, a conservation easement was placed on the property, preserving about a quarter mile of scenic river frontage in an area that is particularly popular with paddlers!

: FLC staff worked with a landowner in Sevier County, TN, to preserve a 246 acre farm along the Little Pigeon River. Close to a third of the property has prime farmland and has gone through a recent harvest of corn.

: FLC Biologist, Matt Moore, visits a property in Lee County, Alabama. FLC staff visit potential conservation projects in order to observe and record any wildlife species and natural features specific to the property.

: Southern Lobelia, also known as (Lobelia amoena), was observed on what is now a permanently protected 179 acre tract in Lee County, AL.

: A creek runs through a recently preserved 1040+ acre tract in Sequatchie County, TN. The property is located on the Cumberland Plateau and in close proximity to the Plateau Escarpment. The property’s 5 streams feed into this creek, which ultimately flows into the Sequatchie River.

: This Eastern box turtle was observed on a 160 acre tract in Chambers County, AL. Evidence of other wildlife on a recent visit by FLC staff included the American beaver, Pileated woodpecker, and Common yellowthroat.

: (Image 1 of 2) Southern Lady Fern. A few other species of ferns were also observed on 72 acre recently preserved tract in Coosa County, AL, including the Lowland Bladder Fern, Mariana Maiden Fern, Sensitive Fern, Christmas Fern, Resurrection Fern, and the Broad Beech Fern.

: This 130-acre jewel of a property is located just off the Tallapoosa River in Montgomery Co, Alabama. By preserving this property FLC will be able to protect a large swath of bald cypress floodplain forests that are inundated most of the year. In addition to being beautiful, these forests also host active great blue heron rookeries. Bird species of concern that have been observed in the past include red-headed woodpeckers and yellow-billed cuckoos.

: (Image 1 of 4) FLC partnered with a landowner in Sequatchie County to permanently protect a 1,045 acre tract that really has it all: creeks, waterfalls, rock outcrops, caves, beautiful hardwood forests, and stunning views from the plateau escarpment.

: (Image 3 of 4) Rock outcrops – The property also provides exceptional habitat—FLC staff observed a number of wildlife species on the property, including popular game birds like Wild Turkeys, Ruffed Grouse & Northern Bobwhite.

: (Image 4 of 4) View from escarpment! In addition to its natural resources, the property also features two miles of frontage along TN State Route 8, so travelers will be able to enjoy the property’s scenic natural features forever!

: (Image 1 of 4) – Image of floodplain forest. This 120 acre tract is located in Chambers County, Alabama. A small portion of this property contained a previously managed pine forest. However, forested areas surrounding the creek that flows through the property were left to natural processes.

: (Image 2 of 4) Pictured – Low banks along creek. The creek has high banks in some areas, but along most of its length the banks are very low allowing water to regularly crest the bank and form a broad forested floodplain.

: (Image 3 of 4) – In addition to the southern rein orchid (pictured) numerous mesic herbaceous species were found in these floodplains including cardinal flower, broadleaf arrowhead, and seedbox.