Gov. Easley, NC-Sen Dalton Come Up Big on Chimney Rock!

Looks like Chimney Rock has been saved!

Via Environment North Carolina:
On January 29, Gov. Easley, Sen. Walter Dalton, and other state leaders announced an agreement to purchase and permanently protect Chimney Rock Park, the 1,000 acre centerpiece of Hickory Nut Gorge in Rutherford County.

Of course, there is still a great deal to be done for the protection of the state’s natural areas. In Hickory Nut Gorge alone, conservation groups have identified as much as 1,000 additional acres that need permanent protection. And across the state, hundreds of well-loved green spaces remain under intense development pressures.

Send Gov. Easley an e-mail thanking him for his efforts to protect Chimney Rock, and ask him to support measures to signficantly increase land conservation funding.”

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About JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.