by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jul 14, 2017 | Articles, News
by Ron and Nancy Bryant July 14, 2017 After moving to our new farm, 3 Eagles Sanctuary, south of Norwood, NC, in Stanly County on the Pee Dee River, Nancy and I made the decision to switch from conventional farming to more sustainable agriculture. The first idea was...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jul 12, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman July 12, 2017 The LandTrust for Central NC has its annual thru hike backpacking trip on the Uwharrie Trail coming up on October 12-15. This is a 4-day, 40 mile backpacking trip, sure to be an adventure you will remember. (You can learn more and...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jul 7, 2017 | Articles, News
by Taylor Minich July 7, 2017 The sun is shining, the birds are singing—and we are working! Crystal Cockman and I had the pleasure of joining Kacy Cook, a land conservation biologist for the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission, last week as she surveyed bird...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 30, 2017 | Articles, News
by Ruth Ann Grissom June 30, 2017 Growing up in the Uwharries, my sister and I were country girls through and through, right down to the soles of our feet. We went barefoot much of the summer. The red clay stained our feet the color of rust. Our calluses allowed us to...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 22, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman June 22, 2017 “We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” – Aldo Leopold The LandTrust for Central NC launched our new youth...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jun 15, 2017 | Articles, News
By Crystal Cockman June 15, 2017 Back in early May on the day after our naturalist weekend, I was fortunate to get to join John Gerwin (ornithologist at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences), and his team of volunteers at a bird banding station in the Uwharries. This...
