32. The Coldwater Mountain Addition-McCartney Tract

Date of Purchase: December 3, 2003

 

Location:  Calhoun County

 

Acreage: 280

 

THE COLDWATER MOUNTAIN ADDITION-MCCARTNEY TRACT in Calhoun County consists of 280 acres of mixed pine-hardwood forest near Anniston and Oxford. This addition to the Coldwater Mountain tract was secured through a 2:1 acre property exchange. The Forever Wild Land Trust Board approved the exchange of 141 acres for the McCartney Tracts 280 acres. This addition provides alternate access to the now 4,063 acres of public land on Coldwater Mountain.