Property Description
The "Mays-Epworth Conservation Area" is named for the historic Epworth crossroads and Epworth Camp Meeting site, and to honor a landscape significant in the early life and learning of Dr. Bejamin Mays, a champion of non-violent protest, mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, theologian, writer, and university president. The Turner property along with other protected properties in the area conserves an over 1,500-acre mosaic of open field, pine timberland, and hardwood bottoms. The properties are drained by headwater streams of Cuffeytown Creek, important for the Carolina Heelsplitter's downstream habitat and water quality.