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Fraud conviction fuels 177 acre Pisgah forest expansion
The 177 acre land transfer connects Pisgah National Forest with a previously isolated 1 500 acres through a Mills River tract seized after a Mills River farmer Robert Warren and wife Viki Warren were convicted in a long running crop insurance fraud case. The U S Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose lauded the deal with Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and USDA, noting conservation easements on adjacent lands and the preservation of resources and public enjoyment for generations. The process, spanning 2010 to 2014, culminated with transfer of the Hoot Owl tract to the Forest Service and conservation of Grey Heaven and Norton properties, aided by grants and donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisgah National Forest
Mills River
Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy
National Forest
U.S
Jill Westmoreland Rose
USDA
Robert
Viki Warren
Warrens
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Warren Farms
Hoot Owl
Mountaintop Farms LLC
United States
CMLC
U.S. Forest Service
Grey Heaven
Sitton
Howard Norton
Norton
Middle Ridge
High Vista
Leniard Creek
George “Howard” McElrath
Big Creek Lodge
North Mills River
Big Creek
Warren
McElrath
Tom Fanslow
Leniard
Howard McElrath
Streadwick
N.C. Court of Appeals
N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund
Sharon Alexander
Asheville
Paul Taylor
U.S. Attorney’s
Duke Energy Water Resources Fund
Fred
Alice Stanback
Henderson County
Fanslow
Foster Creek Road
David Casey
Pisgah
Allen Nicholas
National Forests In
North Carolina
Nancy Guthrie
N.C
Tom Creek