By Tom Corrigan - tcorrigan@aimmediamidwest.com
Headquartered in a corner of Appalachia in the outskirts of Northeast Ohio, but serving the entire Ohio Appalachian region, the nonprofit organization Arc of Appalachia just took a big step forward in its efforts to preserve 600 acres of the former Tremper Farm, currently owned privately and sitting about five miles north of Portsmouth.
While the land is home to portions of the Scioto River as well as Pond Creek, probably most notably, the farmland