by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 4, 2019 | Articles, News, Uncategorized
“The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.” President John F. Kennedy To say that agriculture is important in North Carolina would be an obvious understatement. Agriculture...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 4, 2019 | Articles, News
Three Rivers Land Trust held our 8th annual Uwharrie Naturalist Day on May 4, 2019. We hosted a birdwatching event on our Smith Branch Longleaf Preserve. This is a property that The Land Trust bought in 2017 and is 104-acres and houses some old growth and some...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | May 8, 2019 | Articles
With springtime comes the return of field season, and I’ve been taking every opportunity I can to get outside and visit some beautiful properties. Many of the grant agencies we apply to want to come out and see the tracts we have asked for funding to protect, and...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | May 8, 2019 | Articles
This past week I was fortunate enough to get to tag along with Mike Schafale with the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program to visit the newly conserved Dassow Property in the Birkhead Wilderness Area. Three Rivers Land Trust purchased this 100 acre tract just a few...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | May 8, 2019 | Articles
This past week, I spent a couple of days looking at potential conservation projects in Moore County. As a result of the impending merger of the Sandhills Area Land Trust with Three Rivers Land Trust, the organization I work for, we have begun taking on some projects...
