by Three Rivers Land Trust | May 8, 2018 | Articles, News
by Ruth Ann Grissom May 8, 2018 We were less than a week into spring. The weather was cold and gray, but the landscape in my Charlotte neighborhood was Technicolor – emerald lawns, sunny daffodils, pastel phlox, Yoshino cherries and redbuds. Oddly enough, my eye was...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Apr 25, 2018 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman 4/25/2018 Hooded mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus) are small ducks with a fan-shaped crest on their head, which makes it look oversized. The head of the male duck is black with a large white patch. They have a white chest and chestnut colored...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Apr 18, 2018 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman April 18, 2018 “There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.” – Aldo Leopold I grew up on a small farm, with chickens and...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Apr 11, 2018 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman April 11, 2018 I visited another one of our local state parks this past week. Located only about an hour and a half from Troy and Asheboro, Lake Norman State Park is a convenient place for a day trip. The address for the park is 759 State Park Road...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Apr 10, 2018 | Articles, News
by Ruth Ann Grissom April 10, 2018 April – the month that quickens the pulse of birders across the Piedmont. Songbirds also feel the stirring, the restless urge to head north. In the coming weeks, millions will wing their way from winter homes in the tropics to...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Mar 29, 2018 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman March 29, 2018 This past weekend, I had the opportunity to go out with a friend and some big tree hunters. Todd Pusser, marine biologist and wildlife photographer, introduced me to Byron Carmean, a retired biology and horticulture teacher, and Gary...
