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- In early 2003, KVLT received a conservation easement on the property of Dr. and Mrs. William Riner in eastern Lancaster County. The 120 acre easement will help preserve this important property which contains a variety of bottomland and upland forest areas. The property includes a section of Otter Creek, a tributary of the Lynches River.
- A conservation easement on Cane Creek was donated to KVLT in April 2003 by Springs Industries, Inc. The 100 foot easement is on the north side of Cane Creek from its confluence with the Catawba River eastward for a distance of 4,030 feet and totals about 9.3 acres. The easement contains excellent wildlife habitat and flood plain areas along Cane creek.
- The Lancaster County School District voted in June 2003 to donate a 10.11 acre parcel behind Barr Street School in Lancaster to KVLT. The land, which is heavily wooded and is in the flood plain of Gill's Creek, will become part of the Lancaster Greenway Preserve.
- In October 2003, the City of Lancaster donated to KVLT a 7.024 acre parcel along Bear Creek adjacent to the City's wastewater treatment facility. The parcel joined two sections of the Lancaster Greenway Preserve, giving KVLT continuous ownership along the south bank of Bear Creek. With this gift, the Preserve now totals 266.8 acres.
- On December 11, 2003, Crescent Resources announced that it had reached an agreement to sell to KVLT approximately 2,000 acres in Great Falls, SC. The tracts along the Catawba River surround the Great Falls and Cedar Creek Reservoirs and include eight miles of shoreline on the lakes and an additional six miles of creeks and steams flowing into the Catawba. Known as the "Heritage Tract", it was described as containing the most significant natural, cultural, and recreational resources of the Catawba River Valley. KVLT has partnered with Federal and State agencies to assist in raising funds for this important purchase.
Activities of Katawba Valley Land Trust have resulted in the preservation by acquisition or easement of a total of approximately 2,268 acres of land in four South Carolina counties.
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