by Three Rivers Land Trust | Apr 24, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman April 24, 2017 Snails are members of the phylum Mollusca and are in the taxonomic class Gastropoda. Slugs are also included in this class. There are 40,000 snail species, which is the largest group of living mollusks. Gastropods have a muscular foot...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Apr 19, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman 4/19/2017 Yelps, purrs, cackles, clucks, gobbles – all sounds a turkey makes. The gobble is the sound all turkey hunters want to hear in the woods. It is the call that is meant to attract females and deter competing males. There are various types of...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Apr 10, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman April 10, 2017 You may have been out wandering along a streamside in the Uwharries and noticed a strange occurrence – yucca plants along a hillside or bluff – and assumed they were escaped from someone’s yard. In actuality, they are native and...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Apr 5, 2017 | Articles, News
by Ruth Ann Grissom 4/5/2017 The Uwharries have produced state champion longleaf and shortleaf pines, but the vast majority of loblollies in the region are harvested long before they reach maturity. I tend to think of them as a long-rotation crop. A recent visit to...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Apr 4, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman April 4, 2017 The LandTrust will host our 5th annual Uwharrie Naturalist Weekend on May 13th this year. The Naturalist Weekend is a one of a kind event in the Uwharries. It is a day of nature exploration and showcases the 1,300-acre Low Water Bridge...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Mar 23, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman March 23, 2017 The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba and the Cayman islands. They are one of a few species of woodpecker that migrate. Flickers in the northern part of their range...
