by Three Rivers Land Trust | Sep 7, 2017 | Articles, News, Uncategorized
by Crystal Cockman September 7, 2017 A couple of weeks ago, I took a trip with the Friends of Plant Conservation on the Black River near Wilmington. The Black River is home to the oldest trees east of the Rocky Mountains. These are bald cypress trees, which are known...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Aug 30, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman August 30, 2017 There’s a cute little animal that I’ve seen in some very different places – the chipmunk. I’ve seen them in the mountains of North Carolina while hiking along the Appalachian Trail, and I’ve seen them on the sidewalk in Chapel Hill...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Aug 23, 2017 | Articles, News
by Ruth Ann Grissom August 23, 2017 On a Friday morning in late July, Jan Pender left her home in Raleigh and headed toward the Uwharrie National Forest. (I use the term “morning” loosely – it was 3:30am.) Pender, director of the NC Youth Conservation Corps (NCYCC),...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Aug 17, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman 8/17/2017 I recently made a trip to a friend’s property in Montgomery County looking to find an orchid he had spotted a few years ago. We thought the orchid might be a yellow fringeless orchid, which I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing yet in the...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Aug 9, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman 8/9/2017 On a trip to Washington, DC a few years ago, there was an area of the museum featuring the winners of a photography contest – Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards. There were many fantastic pictures including a...
