Epic Games Founder Tim Sweeney Spends $15 Million to Preserve Land

Epic Games Founder Tim Sweeney Spends $15 Million to Preserve Land

We need more positives like this from the gaming industry.

Michelle McLean by Michelle McLean on Nov 09, 2016 @ 01:43 PM (Staff Bios)
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Here is a piece of "feel good" news for today, which actually relates to gaming. According to Gamasutra, ZZT developer, father of the Unreal Engine, and Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney has reportedly shelled out a whopping $15 million to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect 7,000 acres of undeveloped land (Box Creek Wilderness) in North Carolina.

Y'know, his home state.

And by the way, the protection is permanent. The donation is earmarked as a "conservation easement," meaning it, "typically require landowners to forfeit the right to develop, subdivide, or otherwise interfere with the preservation of a natural landscape."

According to Sweeney via Citizen-Times:

"It's still in private ownership but the easement ensures it can never be developed. It's not open to anyone in the public at any time, but people can email and get a permission card and go and enjoy it."


Such a nice thing to witness, especially from such a great man who has concern for the environment.

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