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Leave No Trace 2.0

Get in. Get out. Leave behind nothing but…nothing. That’s the philosophy behind LNT—Leave No Trace—backcountry travel. No one wants to bust their chops to get to the back of beyond...

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Shoppers Cast Votes to Save North Carolina’s Natural Places

Customers of Great Outdoor Provision Co. got more than a great deal on outdoor gear this month – they helped select the winner of the 2010 Vote For Land conservation...

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North Carolina’s Ten Natural Wonders Announced

Mountains-to-Sea Trail, photo by Ray Stephens The state’s most beautiful places identified by popular vote Land for Tomorrow, a coalition dedicated to supporting the preservation of North Carolina’s land and...

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Land for Tomorrow

Land for Tomorrow is a coalition of conservation, agriculture, wildlife, business and local government organizations across the state committed to preserving and protecting North Carolina’s land, water and historic places....

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New Oyster Shell Recycling Sites

CCA NC: Raleigh-area residents will soon have 12 new places to dump their used oyster shells and help the environment at the same time. The drop-off centers will be the...

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A Hog Farmer walks into a bar

You just never know who’s going to walk into Great Outdoor Provision Co. on Land Trust Day. This year, a customer lingered at the Coastal Land Trust’s exhibit and casually...

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Masonboro Island Wins Vote for Land 2009

At Great Outdoor Provision Co. we celebrate the protection of the lands, waters and wildlife of North Carolina. “Vote For Land” gave you the opportunity to join us in these...

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Neuse River Spring Clean-up a Success

Just in from Jackie @ Neuse RIVERKEEPER® Foundation I want to thank you all for helping make the 7th annual Neuse River Spring Clean-up another successful event. We had a...

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Jon Bowermaster

The right place at the right time. Not exactly what the 91passengers of the M/S Explorer thought on Thanksgiving 2007 as an iceberg sank their ship into the frigid waters...

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GREENmule - Electric Motorcyle

This all started about three months ago when I was trying two find a way to ride my bike to work in order to save myself some gas money and...

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SmartCommute Challenge a Great Success

The 2008 Challenge was a great success with 12,210 participants. We saved 1.9 MILLION miles! That’s 270 trips to China! 86,485 GALLONS of gas — 13.3 tanker trucks full —...

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Customers Vote to Save North Carolina’s Natural Places

RALEIGH, NC – Customers of Great Outdoor Provision Co. got more than a great deal on outdoor gear this month – they helped preserve open space within North Carolina. Customers...

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And the winner is...

Congratulations to Piedmont Regional Greenway, Winner of our 2008 “Vote for Land” sponsored by Patagonia and Great Outdoor Provision Co. When the “polls” closed at 12 noon June 6th, Piedmont...

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GREENmule: Why PVC Free?

PVC or Polyvinyl Chloride is a thermoplastic polymer that is second only to Polyethylene in terms of industrial and commercial use. While PVC has some good industrial applications (for example,...

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