The Conservancy hosted its Annual Meeting and Hike on Sunday, March 4th.  With over 60 people in attendance at New Covenant United Methodist Church in Mt. Holly, Conservancy Board of Directors, staff, volunteers, and supporters celebrated accomplishments of 2006 and looked forward to new projects in 2007. 

Accomplishments of 2006 included 7 local land conservation projects and 2 conservation assists totaling in 1,589 acres, for a conservation total of 7,781 acres.  The Conservancy secured $677,000 from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund and received approval for an additional $997,000.  We hosted more than 700 donors, volunteers and friends on conserved land and had over 50,000 website visits.  More than $76,000 was raised through events in 2006, including the Queen’s Cup Steeplechase and Party for the Land.  For more information and details on the Conservancy’s 2006 accomplishments, please download the Annual Meeting presentation. 

The Conservancy was pleased to present our annual Eugene O. Daniels Volunteer of the Year Award to Callie Glass.  Callie, a volunteer since 2004, co-chaired the Conservancy’s Party for the Land Committee in 2006.  Under her extraordinary leadership, the Conservancy’s signature fall gala was attended by nearly 300 people and raised over $45,000 in support of land conservation. 

After the meeting, we enjoyed hikes through mature hardwood forests, loblolly pine stands, and even visited beaver ponds at Killian Farm, Killian Forest, and Bynum-Killian Farm in Gaston County. 

Executive Director Dave Cable goes over the advances seen in 2006

 

Treasurer Bo Elliot reviews the financials

 

Jennifer Roberts and hikers enjoy the beaver pond adjacent to Bynum-Killian Farm

 

Hikers enjoy the sunny afternoon on the Catawba River

Other Information

• Annual Meeting Presentation for 2006