Sharon Fouts Taylor

Land Protection Director and Deputy Director

Sharon grew up in Macon County, North Carolina, on her family's farm in the Burningtown community.  She graduated from Franklin High School and later from Western Carolina University with a B.S. in Natural Resource Management, with concentration in Water Resources.

Before joining the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee in 2001, Sharon was employed by the University of Georgia as Research Technician on the Long Term Ecological Research Project at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in Otto, NC. Her duties included collecting forest ecosystem data, personal research, and public outreach through civic organizations and education. From 1996 until 2005, she served on the board of the Little Tennessee Watershed Association, a grassroots conservation organization dedicated to improving water quality and habitat in the Little Tennessee River watershed. She served as founding Co-Chair of the Folk Heritage Association of Macon County, a non-profit organization whose mission is to "provide living history experiences and to preserve the folk heritage of Macon County for generations to come."

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