Montreat biodiversity

Black Mountain town councils considers 160 student four dorms on 89 acre former estate [1]

Using enviro regs instead of ordinances to safeguard river rights

Link to pdf of Black Mountain’s plan [2]

Buncombe land use plan map from Citizen Times [3]

Article listing the goals of the land use plan [4]

Additional sources of paying for ecosystem services suggested by Tom Hatley

Tom recommended Kevin, Jessica, Amy, Emily, Rebecca, Dottie, Tom, and Katharine meet. We may add Julia Weatherford and Julie White later. Julia and Julie are on BMGTC. Katharine is the liaison between the Swannanoa River Rights and BMBTC. Tom recommended using Black Mountain (Montreat College) as a small (successful) demo for measuring/keeping biodiversity constant. Kevin has sent background to Amy. We are awaiting her opinion.