Kim BrattainFounder/ CEO, Kim Brattain Media · Award-winning Corporate and Documentary Film Producer

Catawba Lands Conservancy - Catawba Cove | Non-profit Brand video

7 Jul 2023 · 2 min

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The video presents the Catawba Cove Project, a 550‑acre conservation effort on the southern edge of Gaston County that safeguards Lake Wylie’s drinking‑water quality for Fort Mill and Rock Hill. Speakers highlight the site’s importance as one of the last undeveloped parcels on the lake, noting its role in protecting water quality, preserving rare plant species, and providing critical habitat for ground‑nesting birds, bald eagles, osprey, and bat populations. The project is positioned within the Conservancy’s broader vision of preserving 85,000 acres across the region and linking them with 1,500 miles of trails, creating extensive recreational and ecological corridors.

Catawba Cove Project is a really, really important piece. It's 550 acres that will maintain the water quality in Lake Wylie, which is the drinking source for Fort Mill and Rock Hill. We're here at the southern edge of Gaston County, right on the cusp of South Carolina, but have our Properties go all the way from here to Spencer Mountain north of here, and with Thread Trail and preserved properties the whole way.
The property is important as one of the last remaining undeveloped properties on Lake Wylie. It's very significant for water quality, wildlife habitat, and potential trail connection. There are several very interesting identified species of plants on the property, and additionally it offers great wildlife habitat for bird and bat populations.
There's a lot of habitat there for ground-nesting birds, for fishing birds, including wild bald eagles and osprey, and for all the other type of habitat that is native to this region but is getting pushed out by development. It is part of what we consider to be our grand vision of 85,000 preserved acres in our region connected by 1,500 miles of trail. And so all those things will be available to you.