Youth Waterfowl Hunt

Title: Youth Waterfowl Hunt Location: The Point Property – Davie Description: The LandTrust will sponsor a youth waterfowl hunt on our property to five selected participants ages 11-15. Along with a parent and mentor, these hunters will learn the basics of safe...

Winter Vegetable Garden

by Ruth Ann Grissom January 5, 2017 Last fall, my dad got on his tractor and moseyed down Ophir Road to plow a neighbor’s garden. He’s done this every year since her husband passed. When he returned that evening, I asked if she was planning to sow a patch of greens....
A Year of Land Conservation

A Year of Land Conservation

by Crystal Cockman 12/20/2016 As I look back on what The Land Trust has accomplished this year, I am grateful and proud to work for this organization. We transferred three properties to public ownership – one to the federal government, the Uwharrie National Forest,...

Hickory Horned Devil

by Crystal Cockman 12/20/2016 During a visit to the Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge a few years ago with the Greater Uwharrie Conservation Partnership, we spotted a unique critter – the hickory horned devil. This species is among the largest caterpillars found in...

Fall Mountain Trail

by Crystal Cockman 12/12/2016 This past weekend, a friend and I went to Morrow Mountain State Park and hiked the Fall Mountain Trail. It is a beautiful trail that follows Lake Tillery for a ways and then climbs Fall Mountain, where views of the surrounding mountains...