Triangle conservation group sues farm

Name: Triangle conservation group sues farm
Uploaded: 2025-08-21T17:22:22.000Z
Duration: 1 min 46 s
Description: The conflict surrounding agritourism in North Carolina escalates as the Triangle Land Conservancy sues six Orange County properties, including Union Grove Farm, over alleged breaches of conservation agreements. Central to the dispute is Union Grove's plan to build a 2,500-seat amphitheater.

The conflict surrounding agritourism in North Carolina escalates as the Triangle Land Conservancy sues six Orange County properties, including Union Grove Farm, over alleged breaches of conservation agreements. Central to the dispute is Union Grove's plan to build a 2,500-seat amphitheater.

Posted 8/21/2025, 5:22:22 PM Updated 8/21/2025, 6:00:06 PM

IN TWENTY-TWENTY 6. THIS WILL

ALSO MEAN NEW TRAINING FOR

STAFF.

>> A LOCAL CONSERVATION GROUP

IS SUING UNION GROVE FARM IN

ORANGE COUNTY CLAIMING IT'S

VIOLATING SOME LONGSTANDING

LAND PROTECTION RULES. WRAL

INVESTIGATES. SARAH KRUEGER

SPOKE WITH THE TRIBAL LAND

CONSERVANCY WHO SAYS THIS IS

THE FIRST TIME IT'S EVER DONE.

THIS.

>> IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THE

AREA FOR A WHILE, YOU'LL

REMEMBER UNION GROVE FARM IS

WHERE MAPLEVIEW FARMS USED TO

BE. THIS LAWSUIT IS AN

UNPRECEDENTED STEP TAKEN BY

TLC. THE GROUP EXPLAINS THE

LAND. HERE IS PART OF A

LONG-STANDING CONSERVATION

EASEMENT WHICH LIMITS WHAT CAN

BE DONE ON IT.

>> TLC BELIEVES UNION GROVE

FARM VIOLATED THE EASEMENT BY

TEARING DOWN TREES AND BUILDING

ROADS THROUGH THE PROPERTY.

AND IT BELIEVES THE FARMS PLAN

TO BUILD A 2500 SEAT

AMPHITHEATER HERE, WHICH WE'VE

REPORTED ON WOULD ALSO VIOLATE

THE EASEMENT.

>> WE'VE NEVER HAD A SITUATION

WHERE SOMEBODY HAS REPEATEDLY

VIOLATED THE TERMS OF THE

EASEMENT AND ALSO YOU KNOW,

TRIED TO BILL THAT, YOU KNOW,

RED HAT AMPHITHEATER IN THE

MIDDLE OF A FARM THAT HAS THE

KEYS IN ON IT. THIS IS NOT

SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO.

AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD TO DO

ANYTHING LIKE THIS WITH ANY

OTHER LAND. AND WE HOLD 180

EASEMENTS ACROSS ABOUT 8,000

ACRES IN THE TRIANGLE AND HAVE

NEVER HAD THIS KIND OF

ANTAGONISTIC FOR THE COUNTY SO

FAR HAS SAID NO TO THE

AMPITHEATER, BUT THE FARM IS

APPEALING THAT.

>> THE LAWSUIT WOULD BE ANOTHER

POSSIBLE WAY TO STOP IT FROM

HAPPENING. I REACHED OUT TO

UNION GROVE FARM TO GET THEIR

RESPONSE TO THE LAWSUIT WHICH

WAS FILED ON FRIDAY. A

SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY ARE

STILL REVIEWING IT. SO AT THIS

TIME THEY HAVE NO COMMENT.