In 1990, Tennessee siblings planted 240 acres of former fields and pastures with loblolly pine; 28 years later, their entire 852-acre family property passed to a land trust for conservation
- An 852-acre family estate in Maury County, Tennessee, has been placed under permanent conservation, nearly three decades after a brother and sister began turning hundreds of acres of former farmland back into forest.
- According to The Land Trust for Tennessee, the property, known as the Sugg Property, was transferred directly to the organisation after original landowners Mary Ann Sugg and her brother John died.
- Their unconditional gift means the large landscape of pine forests, native woodlands, and open pastures will remain protected from commercial development forever.
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- An 852-acre family estate in Maury County, Tennessee, has been placed under permanent conservation, nearly three decades after a brother and sister began turning hundreds of acres of former farmland back into forest.
- According to The Land Trust for Tennessee, the property, known as the Sugg Property, was transferred directly to the organisation after original landowners Mary Ann Sugg and her brother John died.
- Their unconditional gift means the large landscape of pine forests, native woodlands, and open pastures will remain protected from commercial development forever.
Sources: Times of India