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N.C. trust buys two tracts it wants to preserve
The Virginian-Pilot - Apr 3, 2008 (Catherine Kozak)
More than 950 acres of wetland, hardwood swamp forest and enormous Bald Cypress have been purchased in Camden and Currituck counties for conservation by the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust.

The 648-acre Indiantown Creek ...View Full Story
High winds no problem for kayak racers
Lumina News - Nov 8, 2007 (Jules Norwood)
Windy conditions on Saturday, Nov. 3, were just another small obstacle for about 50 kayakers who took to the water for the fourth annual Wrightsville Beach Sea Kayak Race.

The stiff breeze was the ...View Full Story
Kayakers race for coastal conservation
Lumina News - Nov 1, 2007 (Jules Norwood)
The fourth annual Wrightsville Beach Sea Kayak Race, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 3, in Wrightsville Beach, will benefit the N.C. Coastal Land Trust, a nonprofit organization that works to preserve coastal resources.

The ...View Full Story
Park building booms in New Hanover
Wilmington Star News - Oct 23, 2007 (Gareth McGrath)
This might be the type of "development" even the most ardent environmentalist doesn't mind seeing.

After years of slow going, New Hanover County is in the midst of a park-building binge.

Thanks to ...View Full Story
Following the footsteps of Blackbeard
Greensboro News Record - Jul 31, 2007 (Jerry Rowe)
OCRACOKE — The graves of Sam Jones and his horse Ikie D lie beneath the ancient oaks near Old Slough.

But that's not what'll draw you to this twisting tidal creek off the Pamlico ...View Full Story
Coalition shields Cape Fear Arch
The Sun News - Jul 29, 2007 (Steve Jones)
Look around you.

Everything you see either travels over, rests on or grows from a 35-million-year-old geologic aberration known as the Cape Fear Arch.

It stretches mostly along the coast from Cape Lookout, ...View Full Story
Organization works to preserve coastal beauty
Wilmington Star News - Apr 11, 2007 (Lori Kennedy)
The N.C. Coastal Land Trust has invested 15 years in preserving the state's coastal communities and educating residents on the benefits of conservation.

Executive Director Camilla Herlevich began the local chapter in 1992 with ...View Full Story
A great deal for everybody
Star News - Jan 26, 2007 (Editorial)
New Hanover County residents are about to get a new wooded park, thanks to the state, a private conservation outfit and a Wilmington family that was willing to take less than market value for its ...View Full Story
Land near river saved for park
Wilmington Star News - Jan 22, 2007 (Gareth McGrath)
Trudging along a path through a thickly forested tract just north of Lords Creek, Gilbert Burnett stopped and chuckled.

He said his dad - armed with a fried-egg sandwich, banana and a Pepsi - ...View Full Story
Land Protected From Development
NEW BERN SUN JOURNAL - Jan 17, 2007 (Sue Book)
Easements provide an area for wildlife and a buffer between Neuse River and built-up zones


Old friends with land along Upper Broad Creek have befriended a whole community for generations to come by ...View Full Story
Tidecast: Fourth Edition, December 2006
Dec 27, 2006 (Lorelei Costa)
You are reading the December 2006 edition of Tidecast, the quarterly email updates written especially for the Coastal Land Trust Tidewater Society.

In this edition you will find the latest news ...View Full Story
Cherry Point $1.1M closer to land purchase
New Bern Sun Journal - Nov 15, 2006 (Sue Book)
Mariner’s Bay, next to Bogue Field, would be used for flight training

Score a mini-victory for Cherry Point flight training.

The North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund agreed Monday to ...View Full Story
Local Kayak Manufacturer Pledges Support to the
Oct 19, 2006 (Lydia Fonvielle)
Wrightsville Beach, NC, October 19, 2006 – Hurricane Kayaks out of Warsaw, NC pledged their support to the 2006 Wrightsville Beach Sea Kayak Race this week by donating a kayak to be given away in ...View Full Story
New Bern Office Moving!
Oct 6, 2006 (Nancy Preston)
Janice Allen will be moving office space on October 24th. Her new street address will be 3301-E Trent Road, New Bern, NC 28562. The PO Box and phone number will stay the same ...View Full Story
Nurturing nature
Star News - Sep 10, 2006 (Paul Jefferson)
Nature will play the most active part in the county's "passive" park along Town Creek.

Though Town Creek Nature Park is in its planning and design stages, the mammoth 900-acre area is meant to ...View Full Story
Flesh-Eating Eden
Wilmington Star News - Jun 17, 2006 (Ben Steelman)
Drive up a dirt road behind Alderman Elementary School, past the temporary classrooms and monkey bars, and take a left into the woods, and you’ll come to a stretch that looks like something from the ...View Full Story
An acre at a time
Philanthropy Journal - Jun 5, 2006 (Marion Blackburn)
Land trusts work to preserve unspoiled areas of coast, Tar River.

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Serving as an attorney for the Nature Conservancy showed Camilla Herlevich she really could save the earth after all, or ...View Full Story
Tidecast: Second Edition, June 2006
Jun 1, 2006 (Lorelei Costa)
You are reading the Summer 2006 edition of Tidecast, the quarterly updates written especially for the Coastal Land Trust Tidewater Society.

In this edition I'd like to relay hot news from ...View Full Story
Topsail's Purchase Praised
Wilmington Star News - May 19, 2006 (Trista Talton)
About 45 acres of pristine waterfront property is a good start in Topsail Beach's quest to buy and preserve the land at the southern tip of town, officials and residents say.
Last week, Camilla Herlevich, ...View Full Story
Tidecast: First Edition, March 2006
Mar 24, 2006 (Lorelei Costa)
You are reading the first edition of Tidecast, a quarterly update written especially for the Coastal Land Trust Tidewater Society.

The purpose of Tidecast is to keep our Tidewater Society ...View Full Story
More acres protected by N.C. Coastal Land Trust
New Bern Sun Journal - Mar 8, 2006 (Sue Book)
Latest donation on banks of Neuse River brings total to 33,000

A 38-acre tract of pristine land on the banks of the Neuse River near Carolina Pines has been donated to the N.C. ...View Full Story
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 14, 2006—This Valentine’s Day school kids across the state can win cash for themselves and their teachers by showcasing the part of North Carolina that they love best.
The “Saving the Places ...View Full Story
Croatan Game Lands will soon increase by 40 acres
New Bern Sun Journal - Feb 8, 2006 (Patricia Smith)
CAPE CARTERET — The Croatan Game Lands will soon increase by another 40 acres.

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission recently closed on a Cape Carteret parcel owned by John J. Ahearn of New Jersey. View Full Story
The town of Topsail Beach is one step closer to acquiring 135 acres known as "The Point".

The town of Topsail Beach signed a six month contract to partner with N.C. Coastal Land ...View Full Story
Topsail Beach Signs on with Coastal Land Trust
Topsail Voice - Sep 28, 2005 (Connie Pletl)
TOPSAIL BEACH - In contracting with North Carolina Land Trust, the town of Topsail Beach continues to move forward in its effort to buy the southernmost 135 acres of land in the town.
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Land Trust honors Norvells
Salisbury Post - Sep 26, 2005 (Staff report)
The Coastal Land Trust of North Carolina recently honored Ed and Susan Norvell, of Salisbury, as that agency's 2005 Volunteer Conservationists of the Year.

The coastal preservation agency recognized the Norvells for their ...View Full Story
Topsail Beach, nonprofit join to save southern tip
Star-News (Wilmington, NC) - Aug 11, 2005 (Trista Talton)
In its pursuit to buy land at the southern end of the island, the town will probably qualify for a “boatload” of state and federal funds, said the executive director of the N.C. Coastal Land ...View Full Story
A tip-top plan for Topsail's tip
Wilmington Star News - Jul 17, 2005 (Editorial)
It would be a heartbreaking mistake to allow buildings to rise on the sandy southern shores of Topsail Island. Fortunately, Topsail residents understand that – and understand, as well, that the owners of those ...View Full Story
Preserving a piece of the past
Wilmington Star News - Jul 12, 2005 (Gareth McGrath)
In the tug of war over progress, this growing Pender County community is on the frontline. Once little more than Popular Grove Plantation and a few neighbors, the Scotts Hill area – which spills ...View Full Story
Fully fund Clean Water efforts
Op/Ed, Wilmington Star News - Jun 13, 2005 (Camilla M. Herlevich)
As the North Carolina General Assembly works on a state budget for the next two years, legislators should make sure to provide adequate funding to protect our water quality, nature parks, and trees.
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On Friday, March 18, 2005, at an elegant reception on Arbor Day at the Dye Clubhouse in Landfall, Wilmington, Mr. J. Griffin Weld and Mr. Michael Murchison officially introduced the Tidewater Society, the new giving ...View Full Story
The Coastal Land Trust announced on Thursday, March 17th, that it has ensured permanent protection of 30,000 acres with its purchase of 99.76 acres along the Northeast Cape Fear River east of the Town of ...View Full Story
Flytraps under the pines
Wilmington Star News - Jan 7, 2005 (Editorial)
With Halyburton Park still delighting first-time visitors, the Wilmington City Council is moving toward creating a similar nature preserve nearby. Eventually, the two could be connected.

It's a wonderful plan.

The ...View Full Story
Nature park planned by city
Wilmington Star News - Dec 27, 2004 (Patrick Gannon)
The city of Wilmington will soon develop plans for a park on a 40-acre tract of land behind Alderman Elementary School that is home to rare carnivorous plants.

The park off Independence Boulevard could ...View Full Story
Grant allows N.C. land trust to purchase untouched tract
The Virginia Pilot - Dec 5, 2004 (Catherine Kozak)
A natural preserve on Ocracoke Island will be expanded with the purchase by the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust of the 91-acre McWilliams tract adjacent to Springer’s Point.

In November, the Clean Water ...View Full Story
A Lovely Place Down by the River
Jacksonville Daily News - May 22, 2004 (Mike Sherrill)
There's less and less land like this - heritage forest with thick, natural trees and plants that end at the creek bed and the slow, rippling current.

This land, the 250 acres that ...View Full Story
Parker Tract Birding Trip Cancelled
Apr 15, 2004 (Nancy Preston)
The Coastal Land Trust regrets to announce that the Parker Tract Birding trip has been cancelled. Please bookmark our website and check for other upcoming events! ...View Full Story
The Coastal Land Trust will be hosting our second Plantation Lands tour on March 6, 2004. To get there, take US 17 South over the Cape Fear Bridge. Exit for NC 133 towards ...View Full Story
SEPTEMBER 25, 20003, Wilmington, N.C. - The 19-year old Society for Masonboro Island, Inc. has formally merged with the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust. The merger was completed on September 15, 2003. ...View Full Story
The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust hosted a dedication ceremony today to celebrate the acquisition of another key piece of its landscape-scale conservation initiative in the Town Creek watershed in Brunswick County. Congressman Mike ...View Full Story
Raffle Prize Winners Announced
Jun 16, 2003 (Nancy S. Preston)
Thanks to all who participated in the annual Land Trust Day at Great Outdoor Provision Company. The raffle was a huge success and winners have been contacted by phone. Thanks to all of ...View Full Story
Lea Island Kayak Trip
Mar 11, 2003 (Nancy S. Preston)
The Coastal Land Trust will be hosting a kayak trip to Lea Island in Pender County on Saturday, April 26th. Come join us for this scenic paddle north of Figure Eight Island to this ...View Full Story
Volunteer Stewardship Training
Feb 13, 2003 (Jesica Blake)
Do you like to be outdoors?
Would you like to help with some of our nature preserves?
If so, we need you!

The Coastal Land Trust is hosting Volunteer Stewardship Trainings this Spring. ...View Full Story
Springer's Point site in N.C. slated to be protected just as it is
The Virginian-Pilot - Feb 6, 2003 (By CATHERINE KOZAK,)
OCRACOKE ISLAND -- In a conservation coup for Ocracoke Island, a 31-acre tract of land on Springer's Point has been purchased by the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust, a nonprofit group that plans to ...View Full Story
Mark Your Calendars!
B. W. Wells Spring Wildflower Walk - Nov 11, 2002 (Nancy S. Preston)
On May 31, 2003, the Coastal Land Trust is hosting a wildflower walk at our 117-acre B.W. Wells Savannah in Pender County. Come learn about the site’s natural and cultural history, its diversity of ...View Full Story
Bird Island will be dedicated as a North Carolina Coastal Reserve on Thursday, October 17th at 1:00 pm. The ceremony will take place at the residence of Bill Ducker, Chairman of Bird Island Preservation ...View Full Story
Rare tract in Pender dedicated to ecologist
Wilmington Star News - Jun 8, 2002 (Keith T. Barber)
WATHA | During a train ride from Raleigh to Wilmington 82 years ago, the late Bertram Wells, a leading Southeastern ecologist and professor at N.C. State University, observed what he believed to be the most ...View Full Story
Great Outdoor Provision Day June 1st
Apr 18, 2002 (Nancy Schulz)
On Saturday, June 1, 2002, Great Outdoor Provision Company will hold its 10th annual LAND TRUST DAY. 25% of sales receipts from June 1 will be donated to North Carolina Land Trusts. Come out ...View Full Story
The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust is holding a fundraiser in honor of its 10 year anniversary. Come escape from the city and spend a leisurely morning, afternoon, or day driving through three historic ...View Full Story
Land trust making progress on Sea Gate Woods purchase
The Carteret County News Times - Dec 17, 2001 (Brad Rich, Staff Writer)
BEAUFORT - The Wilmington-based N.C. Coastal Land Trust has made an offer to purchase from Weyerhaeuser and conserve a 114-acre tract of increasingly rare non-riverine hardwood wetland habitat in the Sea Gate area north of ...View Full Story
For the birds, and for us
Wilmington Star News - Nov 18, 2001 (Editorial)
Thanks to the hard work and good will of a lot of people, one of the last undeveloped barrier islands on the North Carolina coast is about to become public property.

True, the public ...View Full Story
Group Preserving Remnant of Wetland Studied by NC State Ecologist
NC State University News Release - Oct 22, 2001 (Kevin Potter, NC State News Services)
Dr. Bertram W. Wells, a leading Southeastern ecologist and professor of botany at North Carolina State University, believed that the most beautiful natural wild flower garden in the eastern United States was probably Big Savannah, ...View Full Story
Coastal Land Trust wants to buy Sea Gate hardwood forest
Carteret News Times - Jul 27, 2001 (Brad Rich)
Beaufort- the Wilmington based N.C. Coastal Land Trust is negotiating with Weyerhaeuser to purchase and conserve a 114 acre tract of increasingly rare riverine hardwood wetland habitat in the Sea Gate area north of Beaufort. View Full Story
State Closing in on Purchase of Bird Island
Wilmington Morning Star - Jul 7, 2001 (Brian Feagans)
North Carolina officials are making another push to buy Bird Island and turn one of the state's few remaining undeveloped barrier islands into a nature preserve.

The owners of the 1,200 acre island, which ...View Full Story
NC's Conservation Trust Funds: a Critical Resource
Jul 2, 2001 (Camilla M. Herlevich and Katherine Skinner)
The coastal region of North Carolina is a beautiful place to live; yet with each passing day, the surrounding landscape changes as unprecedented growth places strains on our communities. Each day that we wait ...View Full Story
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