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Federally Threatened Dwarf-flower Heartleaf Earlier this month, CLC GIS Director Sean Bloom and James Padgette from the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program discovered a 19-acre population […]
Just in case you missed it, Catawba Lands Conservancy Executive Director Tom Okel was on WTVI’s Carolina Business Review! Click here to view the show. Tom, along with […]
A crew of eight Catawba Lands Conservancy volunteers and several volunteers and staff from the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden chopped and cut kudzu from a three-acre […]
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 […]
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 […]
Vote for Jennifer Pharr Davis and help her become National Geographic Magazine’s “Adventurer of the Year.” You can click here to vote: http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/adventurers-of-the-year/2012/vote/. Votes can be […]
The public is invited to “Conservation Canvases,” an art show hosted by Heidi Kirschner Fine Art. The show will celebrate Catawba Lands Conservancy’s 20th anniversary of […]
News 14 Carolina recently aired a story on farmland protection in Union County. Reporter Sarah Pisciuneri interviewed the Conservancy’s Associate Director RoxAnne Smith and landowner Frank […]
The Conservancy’s Sean Bloom led a group of volunteers to clean up McAlpine Creek at Newcombe Preserve. Here are some great photos of their work and […]
On Saturday, November 6, our Stewardship Director Sharon Wilson led a team of volunteers on a monitoring visit to Stanley Creek Forest to document the current […]
On Saturday, October 9, McAdenville community leaders hosted a dedication for the newly-constructed segment of the Carolina Thread Trail on the Pharr Yarns Preserve. Approximately 200 […]
On Saturday, September 25, staff from the Conservancy and the Carolina Thread Trail led 45 volunteers to improve and clear a new, two mile natural surface […]
Jean Woods, a long time stewardship volunteer for Catawba Lands Conservancy, shares her story and explains why its so important to “speak for the land.”
The third annual Redlair Nature Fest was presented on June 5th. Listen to Mr. Haywood Rankin tell how he and Catawba Lands Conservancy have worked together […]