There’s a country song, or maybe a couple dozen, about the joys of owning a pickup truck and for good reason. For those who spend their days traversing rugged terrain and working with the land, a truck is an important piece of equipment.
Now, thanks to the generosity of Lawrence and Genevieve Dimmitt and Dimmitt Chevrolet in Clearwater, Florida, Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust has a pickup truck to call its own.
As a nonprofit land conservation organization that has conserved over 3,400 acres in over 100 places, Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust staff spend a lot of time out on their properties. In fact, stewardship coordinator, Kyle Pursel, visits each of their properties at least once annually on top of maintaining and sometimes building trail at their public access properties such as Brushy Face Preserve, Kelsey Trail and Sunset Rock to name a few. He often needs to haul landscaping tools, brush and other large, bulky items to and from their conserved lands which are often located in remote areas that are best reached with a four wheel drive vehicle.
Like most nonprofits, HCLT works on a lean budget so a truck was not something they were able to purchase, yet it was something they needed if they were to maintain and grow their conserved land holdings.
When the Dimmitts learned that the Land Trust was in need, they decided to answer the call by donating a Chevrolet Silverado from their Clearwater Florida Dimmitt Chevrolet dealership inventory to the land trust. Now, thanks to their generosity, the Land Trust staff will have the vehicle they need to care for their conserved lands, lands whose conservation value benefits all citizens.
The land that HCLT conserves protects the quality of the air we breathe, the water we drink and healthy habitat for all who live here, two-legged, four legged, winged and scaled. To learn how to help the Land Trust with its mission to conserve valuable land resources for all generations, visit hicashlt.org or email info.hitrust@earthlink.net.