Subseries I: Roger Holnback

Scope and content:

Some materials are the papers of Lauren Taylor Holnback and of Eric Nasar from the Trust for AT Lands.

Biographical / historical:

Roger Holnback joined the RATC in 1996 and served in numerous positions, including as president (2006-2009, 2015-2016), vice president (2003-2006, 2016-2017), land management supervisor (2009-2013), and conservation supervisor (2013-2015). He also was an ATC Land Trust coordinator and Roanoke Valley Greenways liaison in the 2000s and 2010s. His wife Lauren Taylor Holnback was also an RATC member.

Holnback served as executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (2001-2012), which worked with the City of Roanoke and other groups to place over 11,000 acres of Carvins Cove Natural Reserve under a conservation easement in 2008 and 2009. He was given the Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition's Cool Citizens award in 2012. Later, he was chairman of the Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District and president of the Pathfinders for Greenways.

Sources:

Box 3, Trail Blazer newsletters, of this collection

Trail Blazer newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.

Mason Adams, "From land and air, teams work to preserve Carvins Cove's aura," The Roanoke Times, January 6, 2011, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.

"Western Virginia Land Trust director steps down," The Roanoke Times, February 10, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.

Danielle Dunaway, "Cool Citizens awards laud energy-efficient efforts," The Roanoke Times, March 16, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.

Sam Wall, "Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County - Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County," The Roanoke Times, September 29, 2019, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.

"Board and Staff," Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District website, https://www.brswcd.org/team-2, accessed October 2, 2025.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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