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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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You are reading the December 2006 edition of Tidecast, the quarterly email updates written especially for the Coastal Land Trust Tidewater Society.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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You are reading the Summer 2006 edition of Tidecast, the quarterly updates written especially for the Coastal Land Trust Tidewater Society.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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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