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Henderson County (Oct 25, 2023) - Conserving Carolina has purchased 21 acres of mountain land on the north side of Lake Lure as a potential addition to Buffalo Creek Park and the site of a future trail in the Hickory Nut Gorge State Trail system.

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Despite the pandemic, Conserving Carolina’s Rock Crushers volunteers completed a new trail near Lake Lure.

Jennifer Heaslip, Times-News Ten years ago, Conserving Carolina Trails Specialist Peter Barr was crawling hand-over-hand up boulders and rock faces and navigating steep cliffs to reach some of the most spectacular views the veteran hiker has seen in the region.  Struck by the beauty of the massive viewshed overlooking Lake Lure, Rumbling Bald and the Hickory Nut Gorge, Barr left with a mission - to preserve the private property and open it to the public.  Wednesday morning, Barr and Conservi...