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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...

Jay Richardson of New Belgium Brewing: it IS easy being green
Jay Richardson seems baffled by the question: What advice would you give to a company interested in becoming more environmentally responsible? Where should they start? After giving the question some...

Eagle Scout Land Trust Grants
Smoky Scout checks out the scene from Walker Knob Great Outdoor Provision Co. is providing small grants to Eagle Scout and Girl Scout projects that benefit properties protected by local...

Earth Week Virginia Beach - April 15 thru 22
Sunday 4/15 – International Ocean Film Tour – Screening is at All Saint Episcopal Church at 6PM. The shop will close at 5PM so that staff can go see the...

Let's Make the Planet a Little Cleaner this Earth Day
Volunteers from a previous EarthShare NC litter patrol display their bounty. As waterways go, Durham’s Goose Creek isn’t one you’d likely plan to spend a day paddling or fishing. In...

Tyler Smith, Hobie Fishing Team
Tyler is what his wife and friends call “obsessed” with fishing. He’s lucky enough to fish several times a week, from the Charlotte, NC area freshwater lakes to the saltwater...

Ed Parrish, NCKFA
Ed Parrish: I have been kayak fishing for the last nine years. I originally got into Kayak Fishing with fellow GOPCKFT member, Nathan Wiles and our sons. Over the years,...

Jim Coveney, Triangle Fly Fishers
Jim Coveney: I have been fishing with both conventional and fly tackle for 45 years in fresh, salt, cold, and warm waters around the country. I prefer fishing with fly...

Jim Leisy, Triangle Chapter President of NCKFA
Jim Leisy: I have been kayak fishing for over 16 years. I used to own and fish from a boat but I enjoy kayak fishing more than the boat. Kayak...

Shelly Efird, Hobie Fishing Team
Shelly Efird: I have been fishing since I was 6 when my grandpa would take be down to the creek on his farm. I knew then that I was hooked....

Jonathan Grady, Hobie Fishing Team
Jonathan Grady grew up in a family full of recreational fishermen and women. He has been fishing from the time he could walk and catch a grasshopper to put on...

Nathan Wiles, Board Member-North Carolina Kayak Fishing Association, Hobie Fishing Team, Polar Bear Cooler Fishing Team
Nathan Wiles: My interest in kayak fishing began in 2008 with my son, Hayden Wiles, while he was a member of the Boy Scouts. My passion has been and will...

Jerry Dilsaver, Hobie National Team, Yak Attack
Jerry Dilsaver is an outdoor writer published throughout the U.S. He came to kayak fishing from a successful tournament career with the Southern Kingfish Association and US Anglers Association where...

Jamie Denison, Hobie Fishing Team
Jamie Denison: I’ve spent most of my life loving the outdoors. My experiences on a farm and as a mechanic most of my life has instilled an ethic of hard...

We Support Public Lands
If our 50+ year support of public lands has taught us anything, the most prominent lesson is that we directly benefit from the stewardship choices of previous generations. We see...
The changing culture, and clothing, of Nepal
Dr. Steve Folmar, right, doing research in Nepal As part of our Sherpa Night on October 26 in Raleigh, Dr. Steve Folmar, associate professor in the Department of Cultural/Applied Anthropology...

Save RDU Forest
We have an amazing opportunity to preserve much needed recreation in the heart of the Triangle Save RDU Forest: http://rduforest.com/

The Mountains-to-Sea Trail in a day
The MST at Rough Ridge, Blue Ridge Parkway Picture, if you will, a 1,175-mile trail hiked in its entirety in one day. And not by one person, but rather by...