Conservation Fund: Sipsey Wilderness Area Gains Missing Puzzle Piece
March 03, 2021
March 03, 2021
WINSTON COUNTY, Alabama, March 3 -- The Conservation Fund issued the following news release on March 2, 2021:
One of the last two private pieces of land within the Sipsey Wilderness of Bankhead National Forest is now officially protected, the USDA Forest Service and The Conservation Fund announced today. Previously threatened by development, this 40-acre property will now be part of the beloved Sipsey Wilderness thanks to funding from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LW . . .
One of the last two private pieces of land within the Sipsey Wilderness of Bankhead National Forest is now officially protected, the USDA Forest Service and The Conservation Fund announced today. Previously threatened by development, this 40-acre property will now be part of the beloved Sipsey Wilderness thanks to funding from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LW . . .