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A Campaign To Protect the Triangle's Land and Water For All

Act now to conserve our wild and working lands forever.

A Campaign To Protect the Triangle's Land and Water for All

Act now to conserve our wild and working lands forever.

Learn more about the multi-year campaign to raise funds for land acquisition and easements, capital improvements, endowments to care for protected lands, and operational investments to solidify one of the strongest land trusts in the nation.

With your financial support, Triangle Land Conservancy will protect even more forests, farms, wetlands, and water in our rapidly growing region. 

Let’s protect the land and water we love before it is gone forever.

Be a force for nature. Together, we are the solution.

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Campaign Funding Priorities

Protect Land and Water

RIGHT NOW, with your financial support and land donations, we can conserve 5,000+ acres by the end of 2026 by leveraging over $34 million in government funds.

Together with TLC, you will:

  • Acquire at least 4,000 acres through 24 projects.
  • Increase Natural Heritage Areas and wildlife corridors.
  • Expand existing preserves and protected lands.
  • Expand future trail corridors for TLC and partners like Mountains-to-Sea Trail.
  • Protect 1,000 acres of farmland through conservation easements.
  • Implement the buy/conserve/sell model on 10 farms to support historically underserved farmers as part of the Good Ground Intiative.
  • Support expert personnel, technology, and internal resources to protect more land, and inspire the next generation of conservationists.

Care for Land and People

NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, we can restore and maintain our public nature preserves as well as the nonpublic ecologically sensitive lands we manage.

Together with TLC, you will:

  • Fund endowments to maintain and improve each of TLC's public preserves.
  • Fund ecological restoration and stewardship of land that is not open to the public to provide healthy wildlife habitat and corridors.
  • Restore barns, a historic church, and other buildings at Williamson preserve to support on-site farmers and the community.
  • Repair rundown equipment sheds and barns and convert an old house at Brumley into an office.
  • Support expert personnel to care for the land that we own and host program that welcome all to experience the benefits of nature.
  • Carry on your legacy and commitment to nature by including TLC in your estate plans.

40 Years of Conservation

23,000 Acres Protected

Where We Protect

164 Miles of Stream Protection

42 Potential Projects Waiting For Funding

“I love TLC and all that it stands for and does for our community. TLC properties are such great refuges for birds, animals, and people.”
“I just really love the outdoors. For me, it’s the belief in something bigger than myself and also having the ability to leave a legacy, because this is all we’ve got.”
“I love to run and hike in all your nature preserves! Thank you for the great upkeep. I am a first responder and NEED them.”
"I love TLC and all that it stands for and does for our community. TLC properties are such great refuges for birds, animals, and people. Thank you for all that you do!"
"I support TLC because I strongly believe that all humans must participate in preserving open land for our health and the health of our planet."
"I've seen the Triangle grow for over 65 years, grew up playing outside, and wish to save as much of Nature here as possible for future generations of all species. TLC does an excellent job managing its land and trail systems."
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P.O. Box 1848
Durham, NC 27702
919-908-8809
triangleland.org

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Vanishing Wildlife Habitat

Worldwide we are experiencing the greatest acceleration in animal and plant species extinction in human history. North Carolina is one of the most biodiverse states in the country, yet rapid development across the Triangle is destroying natural habitats at an alarming rate.

Increase in Natural Disasters

Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency causing flooding, droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes, and massive wildfires. Lower-income communities are disproportionately impacted, largely due to historical racial inequities.

Inequitable Access to Land and Nature

For generations, people of color were denied access to public parks and beaches. By 2050, people of color will make up 45% of our local population yet nearly 75% of US communities of color lack access to safe and maintained outdoor spaces — compared with 23% of White communities. We must inspire and engage more diverse citizens to advocate for equity in land ownership and promote preservation.

Declining Public Health

Experts recently declared a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health with rates of depression, anxiety, and trauma soaring. Children spend an average of 6.5 hours a day in front of a screen and almost half of adults don’t get enough physical activity that is key to preventing chronic conditions like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and depression.

Disappearing Farms

By 2040, North Carolina is expected to develop 11% of its farmland, nearly 1.2 million acres, the second-highest rate of conversion in the country. Johnston and Wake are the 19th and 32nd most vulnerable counties in the U.S. Since 2014, Wake County has lost 22,964 acres of farm and forest land — that’s almost 20%. Historically, land ownership by Black farmers has dropped more than 85% in the US over the last century.

Exponential Growth and Development

North Carolina is one of the fastest-growing states in the nation, and the Triangle is predicted to attract 40% of projected growth. In the last decade, one in four new residents moved to Wake County, and Johnston County is seeing the fastest percentage growth in the state. The pace of development is forcing land prices to skyrocket throughout the region.