Acres: 33.7

Acquisition date: 03/03/06

Clear streams with natural cobble and bedrock beds flow through this land, carrying high-quality water to streams that flow to the Yadkin River. Acquisition of this tract protected significant aquatic habitat in the ecologically important Yadkin River basin. .

This area is designated as a water-supply watershed. The Suther Wet Prairie, an NCDOT restoration site, is adjacent to this tract, as well as another parcel protected by EEP through a conservation easement. Easements along this stream help to protect water quality in the watershed, which was identified as a targeted local watershed by an earlier EEP study. The tract has roughly 1/3 mile of frontage on Dutch Buffalo Creek, a regionally significant body of water that contains populations of the federal species of concern Carolina creekshell and Carolina darter

Photo by Land Trust for Central North Carolina

EEP’s preservation efforts result from a partnership with the N.C. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. NCDOT is a major contributor of funding on this project.

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