LTLT Deputy Director Sharon Taylor is featured in a March 27 article by Colin McCandless in The Franklin Press. Taylor spoke at a recent Macon County Planning Board meeting in support of the current Macon County Flood Ordinance. Click the link below to read a PDF of the full article.

Franklin Press Floodplain Article

An article from the Smoky Mountain News covers the recent grant awarded to the Franklin to Fontana Restoration Project (of which LTLT is a part) to improve water quality in the Little Tennessee River watershed. Check out the full article here.

 

 

Private landowners are invited to register for a one-day workshop on “Low-Volume Private Access Road Construction and Maintenance” to be held June 6^th, 2013 at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in OttoNC.

The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee (LTLT) is sponsoring the event in partnership with Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory and the Macon Soil and Water Conservation District.

Poorly constructed and maintained private access roads, be they for forestry, farm, or residential use, are a significant source of sediment to our streams here in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Proper road construction and maintenance is a win-win situation for the landowner and the environment, reducing long-term maintenance costs and keeping more soil on site and out of our waterways.

Topics for the one-day event will include planning, layout, and construction of new roads, and maintenance and reconstruction of existing roads. The workshop will be led by Dr. Lloyd Swift and Barry Clinton, both retired researchers from Coweeta, along with two professional engineers. The all-day workshop will include morning classroom and afternoon field sessions. At a minimum, landowners will leave the workshop with a working knowledge of the do’s and don’ts of road construction and maintenance so they can converse effectively with road construction and grading contractors.

Representatives from agencies such as Macon Soil & Water Conservation District, NCForest Service, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service will be on hand to provide information on resources and programs available to landowners.

Registration is limited to 30 landowners, on a first-come first-serve basis. Cost is $25 per person ($15 for an additional family member) and includes lunch.

We have reached our limit for registration. If you would like to be put on our waiting list, please call Sharon Burdette at 524-2711 ext. 305 or email her at [email protected].