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Press Archives
December 14, 2004
State Protects Land near Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
RALEIGH - The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources today announced it is has acquired 22 acres adjacent to the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site to preserve the natural and historical integrity of the Site. The State purchased the property from the Conservation Trust for North Carolina, a statewide non-profit land trust.
November 11, 2004
Conservation Trust Tranfers Little Table Rock Mountain Property to the State of North Carolina
RALEIGH - The Conservation Trust for North Carolina announced today it has transferred a 544-acre property at Little Table Rock Mountain to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission for its long-term preservation and management. The tract is adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway at the juncture of Avery, Mitchell, and McDowell counties, near Spruce Pine.
September 15, 2004
Conservation Trust Donates Property at Linville Falls to National Park Service
RALEIGH - The Conservation Trust for North Carolina announced today that it has donated 356 acres of land adjoining the Linville Falls portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area to the National Park Service. The forested tract is located in Burke County at Mileposts 315 and 316 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
August 23, 2004
Conservation Trust for North Carolina Donates Land to National Park Service
RALEIGH - The Conservation Trust for North Carolina announced today that it has donated ten acres to the National Park Service to protect scenic views along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The property is located on the south side of the Parkway at milepost 290 at the Thunder Hill Overlook north of Blowing Rock.
June 30, 2004
Conservation Trust Donates Elk Mountain Property to National Park Service
RALEIGH - The Conservation Trust for North Carolina today announced that it has donated approximately 75 acres of property at Elk Mountain to the National Park Service to protect the Mountain’s scenic views along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The property is located at Milepost 376, just north of Asheville, on the west side of the Parkway.
June 14, 2004
Study Compares Parkway Scenic Quality
ASHEVILLE - A comparison of recent studies shows that visitors place a high dollar value on the scenic views along the Blue Ridge Parkway, but those who travel the Virginia section are most worried that adjacent development is compromising those views, while those in North Carolina put air quality as their top concern.
May 19 , 2004
“SCENIC OVERLOOK: BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY” OPENS AT BLUE SPIRAL 1 ON THURSDAY, JULY 1
ASHEVILLE - “Scenic Overlook: Blue Ridge Parkway,” the upcoming exhibition at Blue Spiral 1, is an artists’ illumination of this celebrated national treasure, which runs 469 miles along the highest points of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Paintings, photographs, ceramics, art quilts and woodcut prints reveal an awe-inspiring synthesis of creation — mark-making that reflects the ephemeral impression of Nature’s gifts — the artists’ interplay with nature.
April 30, 2004
GOV. EASLEY ANNOUNCES CONSERVATION PARTNER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
RALEIGH - Gov. Mike Easley today announced that the N.C. Land Trust Council, a coalition of 23 local and regional land trusts across the state, awarded Government Conservation Partner of the Year awards this week to the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the N.C. Department of Transportation.
April 28, 2004
Land Trusts Name Progress Energy “Corporate Conservation Partner of the Year”
RALEIGH - The North Carolina Land Trust Council, a coalition of 23 local and regional land trusts around the state, presented the Corporate Conservation Partner of the Year award to Progress Energy. C harles “Chuck” Wakild, executive director of Progress Energy’s Environment, Health and Safety Department and a member of the Progress Energy Foundation Advisory Committee, accepted the award on behalf of the company.
April 19, 2004
Bipartisan National Poll Shows Strong Voter Support for Clean Air, Water and Land Protection Issues
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Voters of both parties are so concerned about protecting clean air and water and conserving the lands that help preserve water quality that they would support additional taxes to pay for the preservation of these core "quality of life" issues. Poll Results Memo
April 16, 2004
The Conservation Trust for North Carolina and National Park Service Partner to Protect Blue Ridge Parkway Overlook
RALEIGH - The Conservation Trust for North Carolina today announced that it has transferred 34 acres of land in Wilkes County to the National Park Service to be added to the Blue Ridge Parkway. The property is located near milepost 272 at the Cascades Overlook and is just north of Highway 421 near West Jefferson.
January 15, 2004
Land Trusts Help Guarantee Protection of Linville River and Blue Ridge Parkway
MORGANTON – The Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina and the Conservation Trust for North Carolina have partnered to protect a 41-acre property adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway and bordering the Linville River.
November 25, 2003
STATE, LAND TRUSTS ANNOUNCE NEW CONSERVATION INITIATIVE
RALEIGH – The state of North Carolina and a network of local, regional and statewide conservation organizations will combine efforts in a new public-private partnership to promote and enhance land conservation and water-quality protection across the state.
April 16, 2003
Land trusts Name Basnight “Conservation Legislator of the Year”
RALEIGH - The North Carolina Land Trust Council, a coalition of 23 local and regional land trusts around the state, presented the first Conservation Legislator of the Year award to Senate President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight.
February 2, 2003
Conservation Trust for North Carolina Names New Executive Director
RALEIGH - The Conservation Trust for North Carolina, North Carolina’s only statewide land trust, today announced that it has hired Reid Wilson of Takoma Park, Maryland, to be its new Executive Director.
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