Evans Easement Project on the Black River
The project establishes a conservation model for private landowners along the upper Black River through the purchase of a conservation easement over 89 acres of floodplain forest and riparian buffer along this beautiful and outstanding river.
Counties Impacted:
- Sampson
- Bladen
- Pender
Vaughn’s Creek in The Nature Conservancy’s Blue Wall Preserve provides clean, clear drinking water to Landrum, South Carolina. That high-quality water is threated by two aging dams and an eroding, historic logging road that – if not addressed – could pollute the creek with sediment and runoff. This grant from Duke Energy Water Resources Fund will allow the Conservancy to assess the dams for either repair or removal, as well as to repair the road, keeping Landrum’s drinking water clean.”
-- Mark Robertson, state director for The Nature Conservancy in South Carolina
