Welcome to Katawba Valley Land Trust

Land Trust Director Receives Fellowship

Tuesday, 04 November 2008 17:56 administrator

Austin Jenkins of Katawba Valley Land Trust is the recipient of a 2009 TogetherGreen Fellowship to generate conservation volunteers in our service area. Learn more about the fellowship program and view the 2009 TogetherGreen fellows by clicking here or on the TogetherGreen Icon to the right. Stay tuned to our website for more information about this project in the coming weeks.

Last Updated ( Monday, 30 November 2009 15:59 )

Announcing the Catawba Master Naturalist Class!

Monday, 20 July 2009 13:24 administrator

Sandhill MN class in a Carolina Bay

Are you interested in reconnecting with nature? Join the Catawba Master Naturalist class, and we will do just that. Clemson University, Duke Energy, USC Lancaster, and Katawba Valley Land Trust have partnered to present this unique opportunity.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 October 2009 18:04 ) Read more...

Monday, 29 September 2008 19:18 administrator

The trust is a nonprofit, private conservation organization dedicated to the protection of natural resources, open lands, waters, historic resources, and vistas of aesthetic value in the Catawba River valley and surrounding areas. The trust may acquire interest in property which has significant natural value. It may educate the public as to the necessity, importance, benefits, and impacts of open spaces. The trust operates operates exclusively for conservation, educational and charitable purposes. The main area of focus is Lancaster and Chester Counties, although the trust may work in other areas in South Carolina.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 25 November 2008 20:00 )

Prescribed Burn at Forty Acre Rock

Thursday, 25 September 2008 19:09 administrator

This notice is from our friends at SC Department of Natural Resources…

Public Notice 3 November 2009

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Heritage Trust Program will be working with the South Carolina Forestry Commission to conduct several prescribed burns on approximately 400 acres of Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area (WMA) over the next few months. The entire preserve encompasses 2,267 acres, so the 400 acres to be burned is 17% of the total acreage. The areas to be burned are upland sites dominated by pines, and/or upland areas where longleaf and shortleaf pine grasslands will be restored. The goals of these fires are to: Restore and maintain the natural character and ecological integrity of the longleaf and shortleaf pine grassland ecosystem that naturally belongs on parts of the preserve’s highest ridges, but has declined as a result of fire suppression, AND Reduce fuel loads and thereby help prevent intense wildfires. These carefully-planned burns will take place over several days. It is impossible to plan far ahead of time and choose the exact dates that these burns will take place, because weather and other factors dictate when conditions are right. Firebreaks have been plowed and/or raked in preparation for the burns, and prescribed fire management plans are being written to guide the trained professionals that will conduct the burn. The fires will be carried out by Certified Prescribed Fire Managers and other qualified support staff who will follow the legal and other guidelines required to conduct such burns, thereby ensuring public safety.Wildlife habitat, including deer and turkey feeding and cover areas, will in the long run be enhanced by these prescribed fires. The preserve’s major hollows, creek bottoms and other sites forested in large oak and other hardwood trees will not be burned.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 08 December 2009 18:30 )

Osprey Project

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 13:06 administrator

The purpose of the Osprey Project is to better understand the migration patterns of this magnificent animal. On June 26, our partner from UNC Charlotte, Dr. Rob Bierregaard, along with nature photographer Bill Price, captured another osprey, whose name is now Buck. Buck’s older brother Duke was banded last year. Buck has been hanging out in Tennessee lately, but should take off for the south very soon. You can read more about Buck’s bio and follow Buck’s online travel maps through Dr. Rob Bierregaard’s website at http://www.bioweb.uncc.edu/Bierregaard/maps09/2009_map_links.htm#top. Just as last year, Bill Price will be visiting local schools to share this project with the children. Special thanks go to Duke Energy Foundation for their support of this project.

Last Updated ( Friday, 11 September 2009 19:14 )