by Three Rivers Land Trust | Oct 4, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman 10/4/2017 Back in late July, The LandTrust for Central NC hosted the Concord Wildlife Alliance on a kayak trip on the Rocky River. The Carolina Thread Trail has worked on their Rocky River Blueway project for several years, and now has six...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Sep 27, 2017 | Articles, News
by Ruth Ann Grissom 9/27/2017 As I left town for a quick trip over Labor Day weekend, a dozen hungry monarch caterpillars were munching away on my swamp milkweed. When I returned 32 hours later, they had vanished. Many stems had been denuded, so the cats had...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Sep 27, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman 9/27/2017 One species that is so unique in appearance that if you spot one, there will be no question that is what you’ve found, is the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). Their nostrils are ringed by 22 rays, or fleshy tentacles, which possess...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Sep 7, 2017 | Articles, News, Uncategorized
by Crystal Cockman September 7, 2017 A couple of weeks ago, I took a trip with the Friends of Plant Conservation on the Black River near Wilmington. The Black River is home to the oldest trees east of the Rocky Mountains. These are bald cypress trees, which are known...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Aug 30, 2017 | Articles, News
by Crystal Cockman August 30, 2017 There’s a cute little animal that I’ve seen in some very different places – the chipmunk. I’ve seen them in the mountains of North Carolina while hiking along the Appalachian Trail, and I’ve seen them on the sidewalk in Chapel Hill...
by Three Rivers Land Trust | Aug 23, 2017 | Articles, News
by Ruth Ann Grissom August 23, 2017 On a Friday morning in late July, Jan Pender left her home in Raleigh and headed toward the Uwharrie National Forest. (I use the term “morning” loosely – it was 3:30am.) Pender, director of the NC Youth Conservation Corps (NCYCC),...
