Southern Cumberland Fund

The Southern Cumberland Plateau contains globally significant biological diversity presenting great conservation need and opportunity. The region contains large forest blocks and an extensive underground cave system that supports rich animal and plant diversity.

 

OSI created The Southern Appalachian Land Protection Fund in 2005 to help conserve threatened landscapes in the region. In the fund’s first year, OSI provided a $3 million loan to the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy to help protect a 1,600-acre tract.

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• Southern Cumberland Land Protection Fund Description
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• Southern Cumberland Land Protection Fund
• Southern Appalachians Land Protection Fund (completed)
• Northwest Georgia Land Protection Fund (completed)

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• Retaining Working Forests: Eastern North Carolina, 2012
• Protecting the Best: Wildlife Conservation in Georgia 2010 (pdf)

• OSI's Southern Apps Assessment, 2005