Grants 2017

Squire Tract, Black River Cypress Swamp Campaign

Black River Cypress Swamp Photo Credit: Andrew Kornylak
GRANT NAME:
Squire Tract, Black River Cypress Swamp Campaign
GRANTEE:
The Nature Conservancy – North Carolina
LOCATION
Durham, NC
AMOUNT
$40,000
Year
2017

To permanently preserve 410.81 acres of land along the Black River including approximately 150 acres of old-growth cypress swamp forest and mature bottomland hardwoods, and transfer all of this land to the State of North Carolina to become part of a new state park to be developed on the Black River.