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By Brittany Whitehead     MORGANTON, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Rutherford family has donated the first in a two-part gift of land to the Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina, which the family has lived on and enjoyed since 1978. The donation of 222 acres, made official on June 29, lies in the Thermal City area of Rutherford County. David and Martha Cameron, with their son, Rob Messick, are making this gift to the conservancy, and the Camerons will bequeath the remainder of the land — 101 acres — in their estate, which includes two homeplaces. The property includes several rare p...

It wasn't long before he stumbled onto the spectacular National Wild and Scenic Wilson Creek Gorge. "It was just phenomenal. The scenery is beautiful, the rock formations, the river, it was unbelievable," said Smith, of Morganton, in a statement. "I’ve lived all over the world, I’ve fished all over the world, and I moved here specifically for the fishing. It’s a very unique place, and it’s right in my backyard.” Now more of that eye-popping, free-flowing and ecologically important river gorge will be forever protected with a 322-acre land donation to the Morganton-based land trust...

Local Content and Services Report 2019- WNCW's license holder is Isothermal Community College and the station functions as a department of the college.  WNCW furthers the educational mission of the college as a full service public radio station that provides news, information, and music programming to the region served by our signal.  Our region is made up of a diverse and varied culture.  WNCW strives to provide programming and support that will stimulate innovation, economic development, lifelong learning, the arts, and the musical and cultural heritage that is so revered in Western NC a...

Land Trust Alliance Announces First Awards Through Remote Monitoring Grant Program Share Article ‘So Many Are Looking for Ways to Do More As We Continue to Work Remotely’ Remote monitoring has helped stewardship teams and landowners gain new perspectives on their work, respond quickly to threats to conserved land, and work more efficiently to uphold the promise of protecting land in perpetuity. WASHINGTON (PRWEB) April 14, 2021 The Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places peop...

Several land acquisitions, including for the Wilderness Gateway State Trail, have allowed the N.C. State Parks system to grow to more than 250,000 acres. Donated photo The N.C. State Parks system has crossed the 250,000-acre mark thanks to recent acquisitions at Deep River and Salmon Creek.  In recent years, several land acquisitions were made possible by the authorization of new state trails and natural areas by Gov. Roy Cooper and the N.C. General Assembly, funding from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, and strong partnerships with land and water conservation organizations and donor...