| In the News
Read recent news articles on land and water issues in N.C. and listen to radio and TV interviews:
- Times-News, "Target of Land Trust Coalition: Preserve 50,000 Acres" -- February 12, 2010
- News & Observer, "The Power of Parks" -- February 12, 2010
- Herald-Sun, "Triangle Land Conservancy, Ellerbe Creek, Eno River groups to get funds" -- February 12, 2010
- Mountain Xpress, "North Shore Road Settlement Brings $52 Million to Swain County" -- February 10, 2010
- Mountain Xpress, "500 Acres at Madison-Buncombe County Line Now Protected" -- February 10, 2010
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Easement Protects Claxton Farm" -- February 10, 2010
- Watauga Democrat, "Land Trusts Preserve 10,000 Acres in 2009" -- February 9, 2010
- Southeast Farm Press, "Grant Will Help North Carolina Protect Water Resources" -- February 5, 2010
- The Daily Green, "How Parks Employ More People Than Wal-Mart" -- February 2, 2010
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Cliffs Gives $10K for Parkway Protection" -- February 2, 2010
- Appomattox News, "Southern Environmental Law Center Announces South’s Top 10 Endangered Areas" -- February 1, 2010
- Winston-Salem Journal, "United for the Parkway" -- January 31, 2010
- The Charlotte Observer, "A Bipartisan Bill to Boost the Blue Ridge Parkway" -- January 31, 2010
- Wilkes Journal-Patriot, "Parkway Expansion Proposed" -- January 28, 2010
- Parade, "Making Family Farms Profitable" -- January 24, 2010
- WRAL, "Environmentalists Estimate NC Missed Goal of Keeping a Million Acres Undeveloped in a Decade" -- January 14, 2010
- The Daily Courier, "Preserving Farmland is Critical" -- January 14, 2010
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Report: State Falls Short of Land Preservation Goal" -- January 14, 2010
- The Pilot, "D.G. MARTIN: Survey of North Carolina 'Wonders' Left Out the Natural Ones" -- January 13, 2010
- The Charlotte Observer, "Letter to the Editor in Response to 'Clean Water: Economically Essential to This State'” -- January 13, 2010
- Winston-Salem Journal, "Celebrating the Land" -- January 11, 2010
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Computer Tool Offers Possible Model of Western North Carolina's Green Spaces in 2030" -- January 11, 2010
- Winston-Salem Journal, "Critical to Health, Economy" -- January 9, 2010
- Triangle Business Journal, "N.C. State Parks Set Attendance Mark" -- January 8, 2010
- Star-News, "Local Economy Gets Natural Boost with Ecotourism" -- January 5, 2010
- The Charlotte Observer, "Clean Water: Economically Essential to This State" -- December 24, 2009
- The Herald-Sun, "Conservancy to Focus on People, Not Just Saving Land" -- December 18, 2009
- The Charlotte Observer, "Little Yellow Tract a Gem in N.C. Crown" -- December 4, 1009
- News & Observer, "Nature Conservancy Protects "Keystone" in State's Highlands" -- December 4, 2009
- News & Observer, "At 75, the Parkway Needs Work" -- November 17, 2009
- News & Observer, "Conservation Pluses" -- November 9, 2009
- News & Observer, "Looking Good" -- November 2, 2009
- Winston-Salem Journal, "Saving Mountains" -- November 2, 2009
- Fayetteville Observer, "Teamwork: State Park Shows What Success Looks Like" -- September 15, 2009
- Fayetteville Observer, "Fort Bragg Adds to Park, Gets a Buffer" -- September 14, 2009
- WRAL, "Questions with NC Wildlife Commission Chair" -- September 11, 2009
- News & Observer, "Conservation Crunch" -- August 24, 2009
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Can New Panel Change Anti-Planning Mindset in WNC?" August 23, 2009
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Commission to Help Plan for Growth in WNC" -- August 15, 2009
- News & Observer, "Hard Times Dry Up Conservation Funds" -- August 15, 2009
- Associated Press, "NC Land Conservancies Hit by Economic Troubles" -- August 15, 2009
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Commission to Help Plan for Growth in WNC" -- August 15, 2009
- Environment News Service, "North Carolina Lawmakers Create Mountain Resources Commission" -- August 12, 2009
- Fayetteville Observer, "Family Shields Army from Urban Sprawl" -- August 11, 2009
- American Rivers,"Waccamaw River Blue Trial Kick-Off"--June 26, 2009
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Stretch of River Gets Protection" -- May 24, 2010
- Charlotte Observer, "State Acquires Parcel Along Wilson Creek" -- May 23, 2009
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "North Carolina Anglers Contribute $1.9 Billion to State Economy" -- May 21, 2009
- Star News Online, "Titan an economic albatross" -- May 21, 2009
- NC Wildlife Resources Commission, "North Carolina Anglers Contribute Significantly to State Economy" -- May 20, 2009
- The Herald-Sun, "CTNC Names Honorary Board" -- May 18, 2009
- Montgomery Herald, " Handy ready to award sewer contracts" -- May 15, 2009
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Preserving Land for the Future - Landowners Turn to Conservation Easements" -- May 7, 2009
- Metro Magazine, "Nature Conservancy Curtailed by State Budget Cuts" -- April 2009
- Richmond County Daily Journal, "City votes to expand sewer capacity" -- April 15, 2009
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Appreciates everyone involved in farmland preservation" -- April 7, 2009
- Fayetteville Observer, "Residents dig deep to preserve Cove Swamp" -- April 5, 2009
- Charlotte Observer, "Losing grants squelches conservation efforts" -- April 5, 2009
- Richmond County Daily Journal, "Easements Protect NC Beauty" -- April 5, 2009
- BlueRidgeNow.com, "Clean Water funding takes a hit" -- March 29, 2009
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Saving Farms: Projects seek to protect farmland" -- March 26, 2009
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Study: Farms valued for beauty, local food option" -- March 19, 2009
- Goldsboro News-Argus, "Fremont working to keep sewer system repairs money" -- March 19, 2009
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Farmland preservation support is growing" -- March 19, 2009
- Fayetteville Observer, "Costly Cuts: In conservation, standing still is a loss" -- March 16, 2009
- Greensboro News & Record, "Saving the county's green patches from urban sprawl" -- March 15, 2009
- Triangle Business Journal, "Jobs Could Be Lost as Perdue Takes $100M from Clean Water Management Trust Fund" -- March 9, 2009
- Fayetteville Observer, "Purdue cuts clean water fund" -- March 7, 2009
- Winston-Salem Journal, "Saving Farmland" -- March 4, 2009
- The Daily News, "With Farming Goes Loss of a Way of Life" -- March 4, 2009
- Fayetteville Observer, "Our View: Dwindling acreage isn't just the farmer's problem" -- March 3, 2009
- News & Observer, "Farmland, Paved" -- March 1, 2009
- Mouth of the Haw Newsletter, "Haw River Trail Partnership Acquires 191 Acres for Mountains to Sea Trail" -- Spring 2009
- WRAL, "Over 600,000 Acres of N.C. Farmland Lost in Five Years" -- February 24, 2009
- Star-News, "Conservation Funds Shrink as Land Prices Fall Within Reach" -- February 18, 2009
- Jefferson Post, "Blue Ridge Rural Mountain Has Most Successful Year" -- February 16, 2009
- Times-News, "Land Preserved in Transylvania County" -- February 16, 2009
- Charlotte Observer, "Bad times for builders may help preserve land" -- February 12, 2009
- Charlotte Observer, "Lots of land for sale, but few funds" -- February 10, 2009
- Associated Press, "State hopes tax break will spur land conservation" -- January 18, 2009
- BlueRidgeNow.com, "A path through these tough times" January 11, 2009
- Winston-Salem Journal, "Saving Mountains" -- January 8, 2009
- Fayetteville Observer, "Land rush: Open space and farmland are vanishing. Legislative help is needed" -- April 12, 2008
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "Land conservation is vital to N.C.'s future quality of life" -- April 11, 2008
- News & Observer, "Piece by piece, river saved" by Wade Rawlins -- April 10, 2008
- Asheville Citizen-Times, "NC lost more than 300,000 acers to development since 2005" -- April 7, 2008
- NC Policy Watch, "The right wing attacks public greenways" by Rob Schofield -- April 4, 2008
- Greensboro News & Record, "Council of State OK's land deal for state park" by Mark Binker -- March 4, 2008
- Greensboro News & Record, "N.C Parks see record attendance despite drought" staff reports -- February 13, 2008
- Sun Journal, "Preservation of forest at Foscue Plantation earns honor for owner" by Sue Book -- February 11, 2008
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