by Three Rivers Land Trust | Oct 6, 2015 | Articles
by Crystal Cockman October 6, 2015 While gathering apples from off my grandmother’s tree, or picking up persimmons early in the season, we had to deal with a pesky little insect – the yellow jacket. In fact, they had a colonial home in a stump near our persimmon tree....
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Oct 6, 2015 | Articles
by Alicia Vasto, AmeriCorps member September 30, 2015 A few weeks ago, I had the great fortune of photographing a butterfly at very close distance. I was at the new Forks of the Little River Passive Park near Star when I spotted the butterfly resting on a rock. I...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Sep 18, 2015 | Articles
by Ruth Ann Grissom September 23, 2015 Now that the autumnal equinox has passed, our nights will become increasingly longer until the winter solstice, but three major meteor showers will brighten our skies in the coming months: the Orionids, Leonids and Geminids. This...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Sep 3, 2015 | Articles
by Alicia Vasto, LandTrust AmeriCorps member September 2, 2015 Montgomery County is well on its way to becoming a destination for canoeists and kayakers across the state. More and more access points on rivers are being developed by various groups, including towns, the...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Aug 26, 2015 | Articles
by Crystal Cockman August 26, 2015 There’s a special wildflower that grows only in two places in the entire world and both are in the Uwharries – below Badin Dam and below Tillery Dam. John Kunkelay Small of the NY Botanical Garden made a trip to the Piedmont in 1894...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Aug 19, 2015 | Articles
by Ruth Ann Grissom August 19, 2015 There’s a difference between spending time in the woods and understanding the complex dynamics of a forest. For far too many people, even outdoor enthusiasts, nuances such as species diversity and forest succession are lost in a...
