Catawba Lands Conservancy is a nonprofit land trust that works with willing landowners to save land in North Carolina’s Southern Piedmont to preserve a healthy, natural environment for future generations.

As lead agency for the Carolina Thread Trail, we connect lives to nature by inviting people outdoors to hike, bike, paddle and play on a 15-county network of trails and greenways that will ultimately connect more than 2 million people in the Carolinas.

What’s New at Your Land Trust?

• CLC Concludes 2011 With a Record Number of Protected Properties and Land Acres

  Catawba Lands Conservancy made strong advances in 2011 towards its mission of saving land and connecting lives to nature. CLC ended 2011, its 20th year in operation, with another record-breaking year for land conservation in the Southern Piedmont region. Since the beginning of 2011, CLC permanently protected 10 new properties totaling 1,623 acres in five [...]
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• We’re Protecting an Additional 175 Acres along the Catawba River

  Catawba Lands Conservancy closed on a property Dec. 21, 2011, that will add approximately 175 acres of conserved land to its already 1,250 conserved acres along the Catawba River. This newly conserved property, called Long Creek Conservation Area, is located in southwestern Mecklenburg County along Long Creek (a tributary of the Catawba River) near the U.S. [...]
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• Carolina Thread Trail to hold Community Meetings in Belmont, Shelby

  The City of Belmont is providing its residents and the public with an update on the planning process and presenting alignment recommendations for a new public trail for the Carolina Thread Trail in Belmont. A community meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, from 6:30-8 p.m.; the formal presentation will begin at 6:30 [...]
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• CLC and The Thread in the News: Listen or Watch

  Listen to the WFAE interview. – Watch the News 14 interview. Tom Okel, executive director of the Catawba Lands Conservancy; Ann Browning, project director for the Carolina Thread Trail; and Jennifer Pharr Davis, world-record holder, author and keynote speaker at the 4th Annual Trail Forum were on WFAE 90.7 FM, “Charlotte Talks,” on Dec. 6. [...]
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• Catawba Lands Conservancy: 20 Years of Land Conservation

  Twenty years ago, Mary McDaniel fought to convince people to notice the beauty and significance of Mountain Island Lake. That effort has preserved drinking water for 750,000 Charlotte-area residents, and protected natural wildlife habitat. It also marked the beginning of Catawba Lands Conservancy. Today, the Conservancy now has more than 11,000 acres of protected local [...]
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