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...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | May 8, 2019 | Articles
The past two weekends I have hiked starting at the Highway 24/27 trailhead outside of Troy. Both times I started on the old road to Lawrenceville that goes to the east just out from the parking area, and connected to the Wood Run Bike Trail from the location of the...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | May 8, 2019 | Articles
A friend of mine recently sent me an image with a great quote on it about hiking. It said, “Hiking is a bit like life. The journey only requires you to put one foot in front of the other…again and again and again. And if you allow yourself opportunity to be present...
