LTLT kicked off 2005 with the purchase of another key riverfront property in northern Macon County. This 16-acre parcel with 2,100' of river frontage lies at the end of Coggins Bend, within a half mile of three outlying parcels of the Needmore Tract. An aerial view of Coggins Bend is the "March" picture in LTLT's 2005 calendar.

Four years ago a developer had acquired this property to subdivide into fourteen riverfront lots. Development on this floodplain would have degraded water quality in the river, created a public safety hazard in future floods, and disrupted the scenic beauty along a magnificent reach of river. Now this stand of floodplain forest will continue as intact wildlife habitat and as a quiet backdrop for those who float or fish the river.