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| Michael Scisco, August 2024
Hatch's Hill | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 65.9 Project Year 2024 Located in Wayne County NC The Hatch’s Hill Conservation Easement is located on active farms used for cropland and pasture for goats, donkeys, and alpaca. The 56.2‐acre conservation easement includes multi...
| Michael Scisco, July 2024
Smiley | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 15.6 Project Year 2024 Located in Knox County TN The Smiley Conservation Easement is a remarkable project and a great example of pairing ecological conservation with agricultural working lands. This easement protects 4,458 feet ...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
French Quarter Creek | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 440.3 Project Year N/A Located in the Edisto River Basin of Berkeley SC The French Quarter Creek mitigation project provides restoration and enhancement of approximately 94.39 acres of bottomland hardwood, the enhancement of app...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Knob Creek | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 16 Project Year 2017 Located in the French Broad River Basin of Yancey County NC
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Twiman | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 30.5 Project Year 2019 Located in the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin of Yadkin County NC The Twiman Conservation Mitigation Easement is located in a rural area near Boonville, NC between cattle pastures and agricultural fields. The ...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Compass Point | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 16.5 Project Year 2019 Located in the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin of Yadkin County NC The Compass Point Conservation Mitigation Easement is located on a cattle farm near Boonville, NC. There are three stream reaches that converge...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Critcher Brothers | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 71 Project Year 2020 Located in the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin of Wilkes County NC The Critcher Brothers Conservation Easement encompasses a large portion of the South Fork of Fishing Creek Watershed. Land uses surrounding the E...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
O’Berry Road | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 27.3 Project Year 2022 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County North Carolina The major goals of the the O’Berry Road Conservation Mitigation Easement proposed buffer mitigation and nutrient offset project are to provid...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Rosewood | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 47.1 Project Year 2022 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The major goals of the the Rosewood Conservation Mitigation Easement proposed buffer mitigation and nutrient offset project are to provide ecological and...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Black Dirt | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 28.3 Project Year 2022 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The major goals of the the Black Dirt Conservation Mitigation Easement proposed buffer mitigation and nutrient offset project are to provide ecological a...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Anderson Farm | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 15.95 Project Year 2022 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The major goals of the the Anderson Farm Conservation Mitigation Easement proposed buffer mitigation and nutrient offset project are to provide ecologic...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Thoroughfare Swamp | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 23.6 Project Year 2019 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The Thoroughfare Swamp Conservation Mitigation Easement is 23 acres of former open row crop fields turned dense riparian buffer for the Thoroughfare Swam...
