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Land Trust Day is June 1st!

You may have heard of land trusts, you may even have a vague idea of what they do: save environmentally sensitive lands from development. That much is true. But you...

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How much do you know about North Carolina’s environmental nonprofits?

Neuse River near Seven Springs: Protecting water quality is a priority of many of North Carolina’s environmental nonprofits. North Carolina is blessed with a plethora of nonprofits dedicated to the...

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North Carolina’s land trusts: Saving the places we love (and love to explore)

Ledge Creek (photo: Tar River Land Conservancy) The concept of land trusts dates to Victorian England, when the rich and powerful used the legal device to obscure land ownership and...

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