by Three Rivers Land Trust | Aug 18, 2016 | Articles
By Ruth Grissom August 17,2016 Summer is winding down. The days are getting shorter. Kids are headed back to school. Labor Day weekend marks the end of peak season at the beach, but birders and fishermen flock to the coast in fall. If you plan to visit Kitty Hawk,...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Aug 10, 2016 | Articles
By Crystal Cockman August 3, 2016 In North Carolina, agriculture and agribusiness account for one-sixth of the state’s economy and employees, and more than 17 percent, or $84 billion, of the $482 billion gross state product. It’s no wonder then that farmland...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Aug 4, 2016 | Articles
By Crystal Cockman August 3,2016 Venus flytraps (Dionaea muscipula) only grow naturally in one area of the world, about a 75 mile radius around Wilmington NC in southeastern NC and northeastern SC. They are a carnivorous plant which catch their prey with a trapping...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jul 27, 2016 | Articles
By Crystal Cockman July 27,2016 You may remember an article I wrote back in the springtime about orchids in our backyards. Many people do not know we have orchids in our woods here in North Carolina, but we have quite a number of them. This time of year some other...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jul 21, 2016 | Articles
By Ruth Ann Grissom July 21, 2016 Over the years, some interesting birds have turned up at our farm in the Uwharries. Mama keeps her feeders stocked all winter, and she’s been rewarded with species that will set a Piedmont birder’s heart aflutter: an evening...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Jul 15, 2016 | Articles
by Crystal Cockman July 15 ,2016 Bernie Krause is one of the world’s leading experts in natural sound and has spent countless hours recording natural soundscapes across the world. In his book, The Great Animal Orchestra – Finding the Origins of Music in the...
