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Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) announced the recent conservation of 266 acres on Poison Fork Creek. That brings a total of 521 acres conserved in Randolph County, with the additional

Muddy Sneakers relocates Piedmont office to Catawba College Center for the Environment The 13-year-old organization has an office in the North Carolina mountains as well as in the Piedmont. (Source: Submitted photo) By David Whisenant | February 15, 2021 at 4:25 PM EST - Updated February 19 at 4:58 PM SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - Muddy Sneakers, a nonprofit that works with fifth-graders teaching hands-on science education in the outdoors, has moved its Piedmont office from downtown Salisbury...

By Staff Eleven projects to restore, enhance or protect wetlands and other important natural resources around the state were selected to receive the latest round of funds from the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program. The projects include a dam removal project in Vassalboro, a tidal culvert upgrade in Cape Elizabeth, and conservation of high-value wetlands at sites ranging in size from 24 acres to nearly 500 acres.  In all, $2,455,038 was awarded to restore or enhance almo...

Coming soon to 550 acres near you: Sanford Community Forest SANFORD, Maine – If all goes according to plan, the city will one day have a forest to call its own. Three Rivers Land Trust recently launched a fundraising campaign with the Mousam Way Land Trust and other organization to help create what will be known as the Sanford Community Forest, a sprawling 550-acre area that will be conserved and available for recreation. Cheri Brunault, the executive director of Three Rivers, said throu...

Public boating access area (BAA) made permanent by transfer from Three Rivers Land Trust to N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Three Rivers Land Trust works with private landowners and public agencies to conserve the most important natural, scenic, agricultural, and historic places in a 15-county region of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina. (Source: Three Rivers Land Trust) By David Whisenant | January 21, 2021 at 3:11 PM EST - Updated January 21 at 3:41 PM SALISBURY, N.C....

Three Rivers Land Trust permanently conserves 27 acres in Montgomery County The landowners, Dennis and Marcia Shaw, placed a permanent conservation easement on their property in December of 2020. (Source: Three Rivers Land Trust) By David Whisenant | January 13, 2021 at 6:52 AM EST - Updated January 13 at 6:52 AM SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - The Salisbury-based Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) has announced the conservation of a 27-acre property located in Montgomery County. The landowners, De...

Salisbury-based Three Rivers Land Trust permanently conserves 147 acres in Davie County The landowner, Grover McNair, placed a permanent conservation easement on his family farm on December 29th, 2020. (Source: Three Rivers Land Trust) By David Whisenant | December 31, 2020 at 5:15 PM EST - Updated December 31 at 5:15 PM SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - Salisbury-based Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) has announced the conservation of a 147-acre property located in Davie County. The landowner, Gro...