Catawba Lands Conservancy is a nonprofit land trust that permanently protects land, water and wildlife habitat to enhance your quality of life in North Carolina's Southern Piedmont and Lower Catawba River Basin.
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Catawba Lands Conservancy is a member of the Open Space Protection Collaborative- Conservation planning resources for land owners and their advisors and attorneys.
What's New at Your Land Trust?
Race For The Land is a trail Half Marathon and 8K that will be run on Saturday, June 5, 2010. This unique event will benefit Catawba Lands Conservancy. It will be held at Redlair Nature Preserve, a 1400-acre Piedmont treasure, which is located about 30 minutes from Charlotte.Catawba Lands Conservancy is hiring a Communications Coordinator to provide critical support in the areas of communications, outreach and education, and development/fund-raising. Click here for a full job description and how to apply.Catawba Lands Conservancy recently received a $50,000 grant through the Wal-Mart Foundation State Giving Program for farmland procection. Read the press release here.Listen to the Richard Louv WFAE interview (48:36) about Nature Deficit Disorder recorded October 14, 2009. Richard wrote the book "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder." He was recently in Charlotte and interviewed with Mike Collins of WFAE 90.7 on "Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins" (tip: copy URL into iTunes)Take a trip down the South Fork River from the Conservancy's newly opened Spencer Mountain River Access in Gaston County. View our region's incredible growth since 1976 through 2030. Explore this powerful tool illustrating the loss of natural and rural landscapes in the region since 1976 and forecast future impacts of urban growth through 2030. The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, announced that Catawba Lands Conservancy has been awarded accredited status!Explore conserved lands on our new interactive map! All of these lands that will remain natural for you, and your children, and your grandchildren.Catawba Lands Conservancy holds itself to high standards of integrity and transparency in its financial reporting. We invite you to review our Financial Management Practices Statement.
