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Eno River Association Protects 36 Acres in Durham County Through Transfer to State Parks » January 15th, 2009
DURHAM, N.C. – On January 15, the Association transferred two adjacent properties, totaling 36 acres, to the Eno River State Park. These properties protect 1,750 feet of stream buffer along a tributary to the Eno River in Durham County, provide important buffer and access to nearby hiking trails and are designated as a Significant Natural Heritage Area.
Coastal Land Trust and State Division of Forest Resources partner with the Whitehurst Family to conserve 181 acres along Upper Broad Creek in Craven County » July 16th, 2008
NEW BERN, N.C. – The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust, a nonprofit conservation organization, in partnership with the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources recently purchased a landowner agreement on approximately 181 acres owned by the Whitehurst Family LLC along Upper Broad Creek in Craven County.
Scenic views around Elk Knob protected forever » January 8th, 2008
BOONE, N.C. — North Carolina’s newest state park gained more ground this month, as mountain conservationists acted quickly to protect tracts that were put up for sale only months ago. High Country Conservancy purchased the 26-acre Yount Memorial Park and the 68-acre Herbert Avery tract and transferred them to the state for inclusion in Elk Knob State Park outside of Boone.
Wetlands protected as part of complex land deal that keeps working farmland in the family » December 20th, 2007
Conservation real estate firm builds unique public-private partnership that provides permanent protection for 89 acres in northern Durham County.
Public-private partnerships adds land to Nature Conservancy’s Bluff Mountain Preserve » December 18th, 2007
DURHAM, N.C. –– Unique Places LLC, a conservation real estate company that works to protect natural assets, and the N.C. chapter of The Nature Conservancy today announce the addition of 59 acres to the Conservancy’s Bluff Mountain Preserve. The 2126-acre preserve is located in Ashe County and is widely recognized as one of the most ecologically significant areas in the Southeast.