Foundation continues generous support

The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation is continuing its generous support of CTNC’s core programs with a three-year, $225,000 grant. The funds will help us maintain and accelerate land and water protection, providing the foundation for healthy communities across North Carolina through our assistance to 23 local land trusts and our direct land protection on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

“This grant will help CTNC leverage much-needed additional funds from other foundations and individuals as we develop and implement strategies to see us through these challenging times,” said CTNC associate director Margaret Newbold. “The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation’s longstanding generous support has been critical to the success of North Carolina’s land trusts.”

In addition to environmental protection, the Foundation also focuses on community economic development, strengthening democracy, pre-collegiate education, and social justice and equity.

Visit our News page to read more about this generous grant.

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Walmart helps conserve 12,000 mountain acres

CTNC and five partners will be able to protect more than 12,000 acres of high-priority conservation lands in western North Carolina and East Tennessee thanks to Walmart’s 2012 Acres for America program.

A $500,000 grant one of six awarded to conservation projects nationwide will conserve a network of six tracts with habitat for native brook trout and golden wing warblers. The projects include a 520-acre tract in Avery County that CTNC is actively working to protect.

The Acres for America program aims to preserve one acre of wildlife habitat in the United States for every acre of land developed by Walmart through 2015. Read more about it on our News page.

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