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River land · Recreation · Conservation
Sold & ConservedRiver Hill
Clarke County, Alabama 2,000± acres
Sold & Conserved · Not currently for sale.
- Acreage
- 2,000± acres
- Location
- Clarke County, Alabama
- Water
- Adjoining the Tombigbee River; sloughs and cypress habitat
The ground, in a few words
Two paths for one river property: recreational ground to enjoy, and a permanently protected ecosystem to carry forward.
River Hill encompassed approximately 2,000 acres adjoining the Tombigbee River. From upland hills to secluded bottoms, sloughs and cypress habitat, the land had a range of settings that called for more than one approach.
Approximately 1,000 acres were developed and sold as recreational properties, with protective covenants to support their long-term character.
The remaining approximately 1,000 acres were placed under a permanent conservation easement to protect the ecosystem. That holding was later sold to a family committed to ongoing timber, recreational and conservation uses.
River Hill demonstrates how development and conservation can have distinct roles within the same project: creating places to use while protecting the systems that make the land special.
A closer look
The details that matter.
- Original tract
- Approximately 2,000 acres
- Water
- Adjoining the Tombigbee River; sloughs and cypress habitat
- Terrain
- Upland hills and secluded river bottoms
- Developed & sold
- Approximately 1,000 acres of recreational properties with protective covenants
- Conservation
- Approximately 1,000 acres under a permanent conservation easement
- Outcome
- Conserved holding later sold to a family committed to timber, recreation and conservation
The story behind the work
The situation
A large river holding spanning uplands and sensitive bottomland ecosystems.
Our approach
Develop recreational properties on one portion and permanently protect the retained ecosystem through a conservation easement.
The outcome
Recreational properties sold, with the conserved holding later passed to a family committed to its ongoing uses.
On the ground & from above
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Aerial footage
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More ground. More possibility.
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2,000± acres
Alabama