protected properties include:

• An expansion of Ravenel Park thanks to a donation of Sunset Rock property from the Hartman family. 
• A 22-acre property called Sassafras Gap Farm — which is on the edge of the Blue Valley, has a stunning view of Satulah Mountain and buffers the Nantahala National Forest — donated by Stell Huie.
• Castor Meadows, a small, old farm in the Glenville community that includes beaver wetland and early successional habitat, donated by John Berteau. 
• Dendy Orchard Knob, a small conservation easement donated by Ken Nimmons buffering the Nantahala National Forest in the Turtle Pond community. 
• Cedar Hill, a 44-acre conservation easement on the eastern side of Rock Mountain in Cashiers, overlooking Sapphire Valley. It protects rare species and habitats, and adds to other HCLT-protected lands. 
• High Knob, a 150-acre conservation easement donated by Patrick Horan and Noel Thurner near Caney Fork and protected in partnership with the Open Space Institute. It protects a climate-resilient landscape that provides critical habitat for plants and animals affected by climate change and connects a large swath of other protected lands in the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests. 

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