These are the twelve major wildlife regions in Mecklenburg County which currently remain mostly undeveloped. This region is bordered by Lake Wylie to the west, the highly developed residential Tega Cay community of South Carolina to the south, mixed residential-farm land to the east, and the higher density residential Pine Harbor development to the north. Despite being divided by numerous roads, valuable wildlife habitat still exists in the center of the region. The many coves and inlets of Lake Wylie are waterfront property and have been subjected to residential development in The topographic relief matches that of Lake Wylie and numerous coves extend inland from the lake to form a mosaic of low hills and twisting valleys. Some steep eroded slopes exist, but most of the region is vegetated with pine and mixed pine forests.
Few creeks exist in the area and most aquatic wildlife resides in Lake Wylie.
Numerous coves provide shallow water habitat for juvenile and small fish. Unlike most of the other important wildlife habitats in the County, the southwest corner has little open pasture or hayfields and is thus mostly forested. Although edge loving species such as the white tailed deer and the red fox will occur here, their numbers are undoubtedly lower than in regions with more forest- field edge. Steep slopes rise from Lake Wylie to an elevated plateau which forms the interior of the peninsula. The most westerly region has no open agricultural land and is bisected by powerlines.