Article Source: Asheville Citizen-Times.com

ASHEVILLE – Conservation groups plan to close a deal next month to acquire the largest privately-owned tract of land in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

The groups are under contract to acquire the 10,000-acre Rocky Fork property for more than $40 million and plan to close on the deal Dec. 15, the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy said Tuesday.

The property is located along the Appalachian Trail corridor and the Tennessee-North Carolina state line about 30 miles from Asheville and adjacent to more than 22,000 acres of wilderness and protected wilderness lands, including the Pisgah and Cherokee national forests and State of Tennessee lands.

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