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22 acres in McDowell County to be conserved, used to connect Wilderness Gateway State Trail
The News & Observer
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina
Morganton, North Carolina68,291 total acres protected
About 22 acres in McDowell County will help carry a trail that will run through McDowell, Burke, Catawba and Rutherford counties. On June 30, Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina bought the land along Vein Mountain Road in southern McDowell County for permanent conservation.