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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 2007....
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| June
2007 |
Friday,
June 22 – Stewartia Hike (joint LTWA outing)
In Search of the Rare and Beautiful
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Sunday,
June 3 – It was a great day to be on the Little
Tennessee River. Although the river was low, it was still
a fun canoe ride. At the Cowee Creek takeout, there was more
fun with great music by Angela Faye Martin and the Frog Town
4, all local musicians; and truly good food from Big Mountain
Bar-b-que. Representatives from LTLT and LTWA were on hand
to help with your canoe and provide more information, and
shuttle service was provded by Nantahala Outdoor Center, an
LTLT Business Member.
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May
2007 |
Tuesday,
May 8
On May 8, 2007, six enthusiastic bird watchers met at LTLT
Queen Branch property to follow the keen eyes and ears of
leader Jack Johnston. We were well rewarded in our efforts
as we saw and heard many rare and beautiful birds including
yellow billed cuckoo, hairy woodpecker (complete with flight
call), Acadian flycatcher, hooded warbler, indigo buntings,
pine warbler, parula warbler (also saw one pulling the silk
of a spider web to use on a nest), Baltimore orioles, red-eyed
vireo, field sparrow, and many, many more. LTLT's Queen Branch
and Tessentee Farm properties provide great birding habitat,
and the public is welcome to walk these lands any time to
enjoy birding on your own, although going with a skilled guide
like Jack Johnston provides a truly educational birding experience.
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April
2007 |
Saturday,
April 14 - Land Stewardship Volunteer Day
The Land
Trust for the Little Tennessee (LTLT) held another successful
Volunteer Stewardship Day (VSD) on Saturday, April 14th at
our Queen Branch property. A great group of folks turned out,
the rain held off, and we succeeded in collapsing and dismantling
most of the second of the three old farm buildings that we
have targeted for deconstruction. We still need to clean up
all the debris, but we got most of it across the creek, and
separated out most of the boards, timbers, and roofing tin
that are salvageable. |
This was our fifth and final Volunteer Stewardship Day of the
season. Someone asked me recently why we don’t continue
with these VSD events during the warmer part of the year. Anyone
who has participated in one of these VSD events knows that it
is hard work that quickly warms you up. As you will notice in
the photo, even though it was a cool day, everyone is in their
undershirts from working so hard. On warmer days, |
“Deconstruction
Crew”
Pictured from left to right are
Eric Orr, Trish Severin, Doug Woodward, Steve Poole, Dorothy
Poole, Stan Polanski, and Susan Coe |
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afraid participants might suffer heat stroke. And along with
the heat come the snakes, bugs, and poison ivy. Besides, summertime
is prime yard sale season, and I also need to have time to work
in my garden. While we might continue to make an ad hoc call
for volunteer help during the next few months, our regularly
scheduled program of Saturday morning VSDs will not restart
again until next fall. |
| March
2007 |
| Saturday,
March 10 – Land Stewardship Volunteer Day
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| Saturday,
March 24 - Mountain Neighbors for Needmore Preservation
is sponsored a Needmore Cleanup day. Click here
for more info and a picture. |
| February
2007 |
Saturday,
February 10 - Land Stewardship Volunteer Day
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| January
2007 |
Saturday,
January 13
Volunteer
Land Stewardship Day - LTLT
Volunteers begin major restoration project at Queen Branch
As part
of a 98 acre conservation project to expand the Needmore Game
Lands, LTLT recently acquired an additional 8.6 acre parcel
adjoining its 16-acre Queen Branch Preserve in northern Macon
County. The parcel includes the remains of an old farmstead
along Queen Branch, a first-order tributary to the Little
Tennessee River.
As part
of LTLT's Volunteer Stewardship Program, five of LTLT's most
seasoned volunteers showed up on an unseasonably warm January
Saturday morning to help LTLT begin cleaning up the farmstead
area and restore the riparian area of Queen Branch to a more
natural condition. Steve Poole, Stan Polanski, Mary Williams,
Susan Coe, and Debbie Boots joined with LTLT's Paul Carlson
and Dennis Desmond, and contract steward Nick Palotta to begin
an initial cleanup of trash and to begin cutting back some
of the numerous invasive exotic plants that cover the area.
Further
work is needed on this and other stewardship projects along
the Little Tennessee River. If you would like to participate,
contact Dennis Desmond at 524-2711 or ddesmond@ltlt.org.
Photos
courtesy of Linda Mathias, Franklin Press
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| Whata
Mess |
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| Dennis
Desmond taking photo of the process |
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| Everyone
Works |
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| Mary
Williams Steve Poole and Susan Coe |
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| Mary
Williams and Susan Coe |
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| Nick
Pallotta |
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| Steve
Poole and Dennis Desmond |
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