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The
Land Trust for the
Little Tennessee
88 East Main Street
P. O. Box 1148
Franklin, NC 28744-1148
Phone: 828-524-2711
Fax: 828-524-4741
Email: LTLT |
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Look at Past Events of 2006....
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| December
2006 |
Thursday,
December 14
First
Annual Christmas Bird Count at Tessentee Farm
Friday,
December 8
 Raffle
of Quilt
"Card
Trick" was made by Hugs and Stitches of Winston-Salem
and donated to LTLT. This quilt is based on an Amish pattern
and made with fabric from the Amish people.
Friday,
December 1
LTLT
Open House
The
streets of Franklin were bustling on the evening of December
1, the first evening of Window Wonderland and the night of
the LTLT Open House. Many people not only braved the cold
night but also climbed the steep stairs up to the LTLT office.
Some were members of the Land Trust already, some new to what
we do, and some never knew we existed, but all enjoyed the
hot cider and snacks and were intrigued by our rambling office
space in this century old building. |
| November
2006 |
Saturday,
November 4
Fall
Celebration at Queen Branch
The
Annual LTLT Fall Celebration was held at the Queen Branch
Tract. Although we started off with a very brisk chilly morning
the crowd and the weather warmed up with the music of Angela
Faye Martin. The 2006 Robert and Virginia Ramsey  Brunner
Land Conservationist of the Year Award was presented to Joan
Byrd and George Rector of Cullowhee for their Commitment to
conserve the Bryson Branch Watershed of the Cowee Mountains.
A second award was given to Dick and Gill Heywood  of
Otto for being Conservation pioneers and in recognition of
the first ever conservation easement donated to The Land Trust
for the Little Tennessee in November of 2001. Their commitment
to conserve 35 acres and one half mile of Middle Creek led
the way for a new wave of private land conservation in the
Upper Little Tennessee River Valley.
 After
the awards we all enjoyed delicious bar-b-que from the Sunset
Restaurant while being entertained by Jerry Harmon's tales.
After lunch many went for a beautiful canoe ride down the
Little Tennessee River, and those who stayed behind were educated
and entertained by Darry Wood's presentation on Cherokee Material
Culture. Before the day was over Dennis Desmond led a group
up river on a trail hike to Duvall Shoals.
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| July
2006 |
Saturday,
July 15
Canoeing
on the Little Tennessee River
This trip
began at the Great Smoky Mountain fish camp north of Franklin,
and ended at McCoy bridge. |
| June
2006 |
Friday,
June 23
Hike
on the Needmore Tract
in Swain County to see rare Mountain Camelias (Stewartia Ovata)
in bloom. Led by Jack Johnston and Brent Martin. |
| May
2006 |
Tuesday,
May 9
Birding
Event at Queen Branch |
| April
2006 |
Saturday,
April 22
Birding
Event at Tessentee Farm |
Saturday,
April 29
Enhancing
One's Forested Land
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| Paul
Carlson (center-left, with hand on hat), LTLT’s
executive director and a registered forester, explains
riparian reforestation efforts on LTLT’s Gibson
Bottoms property. On April 29, 2006, 13 landowners joined
7 natural resource |
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from LTLT, Western Carolina University, NC Wildlife Resources
Commission, NC Forest Service, and Macon County Soil &
Water Conservation District to observe and discuss land
management practices on three sites ranging from valley
floodplains to upland hardwood forests. |
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| Mike
Carroway (far right), Wildlife Biologist with the NC Wildlife
Resources Commission, explains to interested landowners
how various forest management practices can benefit wildlife.
Bobby Mashburn (center-right), Macon County |
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ranger with the NC Forest Service, also lent his expertise
during the field day. |
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| Pete
Bates, associate professor with WCU’s Natural Resources
Management Program, illustrates principles of expected
growth response of remaining trees after a recent forest
thinning at Waldee Forest, high up in the |
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| Cowee
mountain range of Macon County. |
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| March
2006 |
Saturday,
March 18
Volunteer
Stewardship Day
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| February
2006 |
Saturday,
February 25
Volunteer
Stewardship Day
On Saturday,
February 25, 2006, eight volunteers joined LTLT's Land Stewardship
Coordinator, Dennis Desmond, and LTLT's contract steward,
Nick Palotta, for a morning "Privet Pull" at LTLT's
Tessentee Preserve. The volunteers contributed 23 hours
of labor to pull, grub, cut, haul, and pile invasive exotic
plant (IEP) species such as Chinese privet, multiflora rose,
and Japanese honeysuckle from a wooded portion of the property.
Two year ago, LTLT began control efforts against IEP species,
which crowd out less-aggressive native species. With volunteer
help, we are slowing but surely making progress.
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