Conservation Easement Resources

Baseline Assessments

Edward Schwartzman
Joe Pye Ecological
37 McDade St.
Asheville, NC 28806
919-608-8513
edward.schwartzman@joepyeecological.org
www.joepyeecological.org

David Tuch
Equinox Environmental Consultation & Design, Inc.
37 Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 253-6856
David@equinoxenvironmental.com
www.equinoxenvironmental.com

Dennis Desmond
Land Trust for the Little Tennessee
P. O. Box 1148
Franklin, NC 28744
Location:
557 E. Main Street
Franklin, NC 28734
DDesmond@ltlt.org
(828) 524-4741

Gary Wein, Ph.D.
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
P.O. Box 1703
Highlands, NC 28741
(828) 526-1111
hitrust@earthlink.net

Forest Stewards
Western Carolina University
Geosciences & Natural Resource Management
331 Stillwell Building
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 227-3388-work
(828) 227-7647-fax

Kevin Caldwell
Conservation Biologist & Planner
Mountains-to-Sea Ecological, Inc.
87 Ivy Bluffs Rd
Marshall, NC 28753
(828) 551-8225
MtsSea@yahoo.com
www.MTSecological.com

Jeff Gerlock, P.G.
Blue Ridge Geological Services, Inc.
336-431-5454 office and fax
336-382-6849cell
jeff.gerlock@gmail.com

Matt Fusco
Fusco Land Planning & Design, PLLC
PO Box 8013
Asheville, NC 28814
(828) 243-6604
Matt@FuscoLA.com
www.FuscoLA.com

A lawyer to draw up the Conservation Easement legal documents

Richard Melvin
Jones, Key, Melvin, and Patton, P.A.
61 East Main Street
Franklin, NC 28734
(828) 369-7343 (Fax)
(828) 526-3762
melvin@joneskey.com

Kim Coward
Coward, Hicks, and Siler, P.A.
211 Cashiers School Rd.
Cashiers, NC 28717
(828) 743-2401
kcoward@cashierslaw.com

J. K. Coward
Coward, Hicks, and Siler, P.A.
705 West main St
Sylva, NC 28779
jkcoward@chspa.com
(828) 586-2147

Shea B. Airey
P.O. Box 98
603 W. Main St.
Walhalla, SC 29691
864-718-0777
sheaairey@gmail.com

Fred Jones
Jones, Key, Melvin, and Patton, P.A
61 East Main Street
Franklin, NC 28734
(828) 524-4444
(828) 369-7343 (Fax)
fhjones@joneskey.com

Scott Newman
Newman Law Offices
26 Highlands Walk,
Highlands, NC 28741
Phone:(828) 526-0200
karen@neumannlawoffice.com

Surveyors

Stephen and Steward Foster
P.O. Box 1063
Highlands, NC 28741
(828) 743-4154
s.foster@starband.net
www.fosterlandsurveying.com

Woodrow Wilson
281 Mirror Lake Road
Highlands, NC 28741
(828) 526-2617
ncpls1509@frontier.com

Ron Kirkland
Ron Kirkland Land Surveying
3248 Patton Rd.
Franklin, NC 28734
(800) 524-5905 office
(828) 507-2565 cell
www.kmproductsofnc.com
kmproducts@dnet.net

Clark Lipkin, PLS
Lipkin Land Surveying, Inc.
51 East Rogers Rd.
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 293-3030
lipkinsurvey@verizon.net
www.lipkinsurvey.com

James C. Milton & Eric Lorenzen
Sylvester & Company, P.A.
P.O. Box 1596
Cashiers, North Carolina 28717
(828) 743-2155 office
(828) 743-5790 fax
jim@sylcopa.com
eric@sylcopa.com

James R. Davenport, PLS
Davenport & Associates, Inc.
P.O. Box 234
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 293-3258

A conservation easement appraisal (Appraisers HCLT has worked with in the past)

Joe Moore
Asheville, NC
(828) 299-8454 office
(828) 713-8391 cell
(828) 298-5558 home
lj21@charter.net
joemoore1@charter.net

Rick Robson, MAI
North Carolina Appraisal Co
P.O. Box 389
Cashiers, NC 28717-0389
(828) 743-9758 office
(828) 743-9174
ncac@frontier.com

Guy O. Duvall Associates
101 Franklin Plaza Shopping Center
Suite 210
Franklin, NC 28734
(828) 524-7700
goduvall@frontier.com

Richard J. Jacobs, MAI
Duckworth, Jacobs, Naeger, Swicegood & Thrash, LLC
60 Patton Avenue
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
(828) 252-5393 x308 office
(828) 775-4478 cell
rjjacobs@ncappraisal.com