The Blue Ridge Conservancy and landowners Alice and Ron Linville have completed a conservation easement protecting 121 acres in Ashe County's Old Fields Township next to Bluff Mountain Preserve. The protected land contains headwater springs and sits within the North Fork New River watershed, where Three Top Creek is designated as Class C Trout and Outstanding Resource Waters.
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One hundred twenty-one acres in Old Fields Township, protected now, staying that way. The Linvilles put a conservation easement on land that holds the headwater springs feeding Three Top Creek, which is classified as Outstanding Resource Waters. That creek runs through the North Fork New River watershed, meaning this parcel matters for the whole basin. Blue Ridge Conservancy sealed the deal. A private landowner choosing to lock in protection instead of selling to development is the only reason these mountains still have unbroken water.
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