by Three Rivers Land Trust | Dec 4, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman December 4, 2017 I went duck hunting for the first time last week. I arrived about 5:30am at the York Hill boat ramp in Davidson County, and it was like Grand Central Station over there. Many other duck hunters were unloading boats and dogs and...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Nov 22, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman November 22, 2017 While walking a property the other week, we stumbled upon a tree with some heavily furrowed bark. It took a few minutes of pondering, but we finally decided it was a cottonwood tree, and a pretty large one. Eastern Cottonwood...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Nov 16, 2017 | Articles, News
by Ruth Ann Grissom November 16, 2017 We have an evening routine in the Uwharries. We wait until dark to saunter down the driveway and close the yellow gate. Even on a moonless night, we can usually find our way without flashlights. We tip our faces toward the sky,...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Nov 8, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman November 8, 2017 Last week, I visited The LandTrust for Central North Carolina’s Low Water Bridge Preserve with Aimee Tomcho, Conservation Biologist with Audubon North Carolina. The purpose of our visit was to look at the site’s suitability for a...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Nov 1, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman November 1, 2017 I was walking on a friend’s property the other day and we were following a stream through the woods and came to an area he called the “drip spring.” This was an area that was wet even though we haven’t had a lot of rain. Here we...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Oct 30, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman October 30, 2017 On a foggy morning on October 12th, 56 people checked in with LandTrust staff, most at the Asheboro airport (the location for parking) and a few at the Wood Run Trailhead, before starting out on a 4-day, 40-mile adventure on the...
