Land Savers October 2024

We protect the lands and waters you love, forever. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Wendy W. Kendrick President Janet Scheid President Elect J. Ross Wimmer, CPA Treasurer Eva M. Hartmann Secretary

Colbert L. Boyd Cynthia A. Gray David A. Hurt Lois K. James Mary L. Kegley

J. Breck Light Alan R. McPherson Susan E. McSwain Robert C. Mountcastle Hunter W. Naff

FROM THE DIRECTOR

ADVISORY COMMITTEE Helen A. Burnett Ruth T. Dickerson Broaddus C. Fitzpatrick Katherine K. Glass

Christina L. Gregory William J. Hunley Lowell F. Inhorn, MD Fiona M. Tower

On Bill and Helen They say character is what you do when nobody’s looking.

STAFF David C. Perry Executive Director Emily R.H. Bender Assistant Director Tina L. Badger

That defines Bill Hackworth for me.

And I don’t even know the whole story, because, you know. I wasn’t looking.

Project Manager Kacie E. Shifflett Stewardship Specialist Chris Holdren SVALC Program Manager Kyle Simpson CVALC Program Manager The Lemon House 1305 Maple Avenue SW Roanoke, VA 24016 540-985-0000

But I’d catch glimpses of my Raleigh Court neighbor walking Roanoke’s Murray Run greenway with his wife, Ann, both of them carrying small clippers in their hands. If you’ve run or walked the trails in Fishburn Park and haven’t been hit in the face by low-hanging tree branches or eager vines, you can probably thank Bill. One time a large tree on the edge of the trail fell over and down into a ravine, taking a big section of the trail with it. Bill didn’t wait for city parks employees or a volunteer trail crew to come fix the damage. He lugged heavy rocks and gravel hundreds of feet down the trail from the nearest parking area, repairing the trail damage so well, you’d walk past it a dozen times and never know there was ever a giant hole. And of course, as attorney for the City of Roanoke, Bill was instrumental in the drafting the conservation easements, held by the Blue Ridge Land

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