by Three Rivers Land Trust | May 26, 2016 | Articles
by Ruth Gissom May 26,2016 Two years ago, over Memorial Day weekend, I witnessed a phenomenon in the Uwharries that has proven difficult to explain. I stepped out of the house after dinner and looked toward the grove of majestic oaks surrounded by our fields of...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | May 19, 2016 | Articles
by Crystal Cockman May 19, 2016 Land Trusts now have a new set of data to help them in their mission to conserve the most important lands in the face of changing climactic conditions. The Nature Conservancy in consultation with a growing network of scientists...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | May 13, 2016 | Articles
by Crystal Cockman May 13, 2016 Many people confuse harmless water snakes with the venomous water moccasin or cottonmouth snake. This has lead to the death of many of the harmless water snakes. Water moccasins (Agkistrodon piscivorus) are North America’s only venomous...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | May 4, 2016 | Articles
by Crystal Cockman May 04, 2016 Many people are surprised to find out that we do indeed have orchids growing in our woodlands right here in North Carolina. Probably the most common of orchids is the rattlesnake plantain orchid (Goodyera pubescens). They get their name...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Apr 28, 2016 | Articles
by Ruth Ann Grissom April 28, 2016 Red clay. It’s the bane of Piedmont gardeners. Heavy and lumpy when wet, it dries as hard as a terra cotta pot. We spend bundles of money on soil conditioners to make it friable. We complain about it as much as the English do...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Apr 21, 2016 | Articles
by Crystal Cockman April 21, 2016 From the Uwharrie National Forest to the many acres of land in private forestry, Montgomery County is an area where forestry is an important industry and forest management an important topic. NC State University and Montgomery...
