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Category: Campaign Updates

Celebrating 2024 PINES Graduates and New Internships

By Cara Lewis Pathways Into Natural Environments and Science (PINES) was created to establish opportunities for high school students to network and explore careers in conservation and natural resources. TLC’s PINES program returned this spring for its third year, welcoming 10 students from Knightdale High School (KHS) to learn about and explore the outdoors with us. This immersive […]

New conservation easement creates 303-acre corridor of protected land along Middle Creek

By Olivia Garcia, Communications Manager In November 2024, Triangle Land Conservancy partnered with the Hedges family to conserve 64 acres of historic farmland in Johnston County known as the Hedges Farm. This donated working lands conservation easement will protect vital farmland, forest, water resources, and natural habitats along Middle Creek. The conservation of this land […]

Mavis Gragg awarded Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award at Rally 2024

By Cara Lewis, Senior Communications Manager Attorney, conservationist, and former TLC board chair, Mavis Gragg was presented with the distinguished Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award at the 2024 Land Trust Alliance national land conservation conference held in Providence, Rhode Island. Named for the conservationist who inspired the Alliance’s founding in 1982, the award ranks among the […]

Representing the Triangle at Rally 2024 National Conservation Conference

By Cara Lewis, Senior Communications Manager A record 2,350 people descended on Providence, Rhode Island in late September to attend Rally 2024, the national gathering of the land trust community hosted by the Land Trust Alliance. The alliance represents approximately 1,000-member land trusts and affiliates supported by more than 250,000 volunteers and 6.3 million members […]

Bringing Back Piedmont Prairies for Pollinators

By Patrick Boleman, Land Stewardship Manager East For most folks, the word “prairie” invokes romantic visions of Midwestern rolling plains stretching as far as the eye can see. Herds of bison might even dot the envisioned landscape grazing on herbaceous vegetation with few trees obscuring the viewshed. Your first thoughts may not have centered around […]

Winter is prime time for observing nature

There’s so much happening in the winter woods, but it can be hard to notice when you’re heading briskly down the trail to keep warm. But adding a few stops to take a closer look or listen improves your experience and adds to the health benefits of a good walk. (Science shows that immersing in […]

Triangle Land Conservancy conserves 248 acres in Chatham County

In June, TLC permanently conserved 248 acres of undeveloped, forested land located between Fearrington Village and Jordan Lake. This beautiful property contains wetlands, streams, and steep slopes that are unusual for the area and critical to the region. The property directly abuts the B. Everett Jordan Dam and Lake, one of the largest sources of […]

Keeping Pace with PINES Students

TLC’s Pathways Into Natural Environments and Science (PINES) team has been in full force getting ready for the upcoming spring program. Four returning high school students, Noe, Ava, KJ, and Tadrion, have been working with TLC’s Education & Outreach team as student leaders to plan out activities, guest speakers, and other experiences for 2024. Additionally, TLC staff […]

TLC and Town of Garner partner to save land for future nature preserve

Often asked why she decided to protect her family’s land for future generations, Martha Bryan Liles credits her parents. “Any of you who grew up on a farm know that you’re taught to work the land and love the land, so that’s pretty typical,” Liles said. “What may not be typical is I was taught […]

TLC partners with Wake County to preserve 125 acres of farmland in Wendell

A big win for farmland happened in Wendell with a 125-acre farm, one of the last remaining large farms in the area, being permanently protected. TLC partnered with the Wake County Board of Commissioners to place the property into Wake County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Farmland Preservation Program. This conservation easement has resulted in the […]

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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.