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== Conservation and philanthropy == Since the [[2000s United States housing bubble|real estate bubble]] collapsed in 2008, Sweeney has used his fortune to purchase large tracts of land in [[North Carolina]], reportedly for conservation, becoming one of the largest private landowners in the state.<ref name="citizen-times">{{Cite web |url=https://eu.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2016/11/08/box-creek-wilderness-permanently-protected/93443704/ |title=Box Creek Wilderness permanently protected |last=Chávez |first=Karen |date=November 8, 2016 |website=[[Asheville Citizen-Times|Citizen-Times]] |access-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Eanes |first=Zachery |date=February 26, 2019 |title=Land owned by Epic Games' Tim Sweeney could become part of 1,000-acre park |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article226630484.html |access-date=August 30, 2020 |website=The News & Observer}}</ref> As of December 2019, he has bought 50,000 acres of forest land including the Box Creek Wilderness, a 7,000-acre natural area that contains more than 130 rare and threatened plants and wildlife species.<ref name="news&observer">{{Cite web |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article238221784.html |title=Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, Tar Heel of the Year finalist, changed video game industry |last=Eanes |first=Zachery |date=December 23, 2019 |website=[[The News & Observer]] |access-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name="citizen-times"/> Sweeney, who had paid $15 million for Box Creek Wilderness, donated the [[conservation easement]] to the [[United States Fish and Wildlife Service]] in 2016.<ref name="citizen-times"/> One of the motives to put Box Creek Wilderness under conservation easement was a condemnation lawsuit filed by a power company who planned to build a transmission line through the land. The lawsuit was settled following the Fish and Wildlife Service's and Senator [[Richard Burr]]'s involvement in protecting the site, which prevented it from being fragmented.<ref name="citizen-times"/> "I'm grateful for the efforts of Senator Burr to help protect Box Creek Wilderness," Sweeney said. "And for the whole Fish and Wildlife Service team's tireless efforts to preserve vital North Carolina natural areas in partnership with conservation-minded landowners like me."<ref name="citizen-times"/> Additionally, he has participated in the expansion to [[Mount Mitchell State Park]] by donating {{convert|1,500|acre}} to a conservation project.<ref name="citizen-times"/><ref name="news&observer"/> In April 2021, it was announced that Sweeney would donate 7,500 acres in the Roan Highlands of western North Carolina to the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy. When transferred the next year, the conservancy will manage the property as a nature preserve, conducting scientific studies in collaboration with Sweeney and offering guided hikes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quillin |first=Martha |date=April 22, 2021 |title=Epic Games CEO Sweeney will give 7,500 acres of NC mountain land for conservation |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article250858984.html |access-date=June 10, 2021 |website=[[The News & Observer]]}}</ref> This acreage, valued at tens of millions of dollars, is the largest private conservation land donation in the history of North Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chávez |first=Karen |title=Largest private land donation in state history protects vast mountains in Roan Highlands |url=https://eu.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2021/04/22/epic-games-ceo-tim-sweeney-donation-conserve-roan-mountain-western-north-carolina/7313726002/ |access-date=June 10, 2021 |website=[[Citizen-Times]]}}</ref>
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