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Other Conservancy Resources
Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust
Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust’s mission is to enrich the quality of life of the Blue Ridge Region of northwest North Carolina by helping landowners preserve and protect the diversity of native habitats, farmland, and open spaces for future generations in Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
Telephone: 828-297-5805 or 336-359-2909
Website: www.brrlt.org
Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy (CMLC)
CMLC’s mission is to protect land permanently by accepting donations of conservation easements or by purchase or gift of land; to protect native species of flora and fauna; to promote the research, study, protection and conservation of natural resource, and encourage land stewardship in Henderson County, parts of Transylvania, Buncombe, and Rutherford counties.
Telephone: 828-697-5777
Website: www.carolinamountain.org
Catawba Lands Conservancy (CLC)
CLC’s mission is to preserve the land, water, and wildlife resources of the Lower Catawba River Basin of North Carolina. They create opportunities for education and research that heighten interest in land preservation and lead to a greater appreciation for conservation efforts. They work in partnership with private landowners, public agencies, developers, and others to place land in conservancy, ensuring that the natural beauty and ecological diversity of our region are preserved for generations to come in Lower Catawba River Basin, NC and all or portions of Catawba, Gaston, Mecklenburg, and Union counties.
Telephone: 704-342-3330
Website: www.catawbalands.org
Conservation Trust for North Carolina (CTNC)
CTNC’s mission is to conserve land resources throughout North Carolina through direct action and by helping communities, private land trusts and landowners protect lands important to them for their natural, scenic, historic, and recreational values.
Telephone: 919-828-4199
Website: www.ctnc.org
Cumberland County Conservancy (CCC)
CCC is an affiliate land trust of Sandhills Area Land Trust in Cumberland County.
Telephone: 910-483-9028
Website: www.sandhillslandtrust.org
Eno River Association
The Eno River Association’s mission is to assist federal, state and local agencies to establish public parks along the Eno River Valley; to promote the preservation of the Eno through educational and scientific means and to cooperate with other local, state and national conservation groups to preserve the environment in Eno River Watershed in Durham and Orange counties.
Telephone: 919-620-9099 or 919-477-0448
Website: www.enoriver.org
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina, Inc.
The Foothills Conservancy’s mission is to preserve and protect important natural areas of the Foothills region in Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell and Rutherford counties.
Telephone: 828-437-9930
Website: www.foothillsconservancy.org
High Country Conservancy
The High Country Conservancy’s mission is to protect the natural resources of Appalachia by protecting land with significant scenic, ecological, recreational, and historical significance in Watauga, Ashe, and Avery counties.
Telephone: 828-264-2511
Website: www.highcountryconservancy.org
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust, Inc.
The Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust’s mission is to preserve the natural areas, scenic beauty, and green spaces of Highlands and Cashiers for the enjoyment and benefit of the public
Telephone: 828-526-9938 ext. 250 or ext 254 or 828-526-1111
Website: www.hicashlt.org
Land Trust for Central North Carolina
The Land Trust for Central North Carolina works with private and public landowners. Their missions is to protect the special natural areas, family farms and rural landscapes in Davidson, Iredell, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, and Stanly counties.
Telephone: 704-647-0302
Website: www.landtrustcnc.org
The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee
The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee’s mission is to protect the natural, rural, and historic character of the upper Little Tennessee Valley in areas surrounding and within the Little Tennessee Valley.
Telephone: 828-524-2711
Website: www.ltlt.org
Lumber River Conservancy (LRC)
LRC’s mission is to preserve and protect the Lumber River as a natural and scenic fiver by preserving natural, scenic, wild and recreational areas and waters of and along the Lumber River and its tributaries in Lumber River Corridor (118 miles) in Columbus, Hoke, Robeson, and Scotland counties.
Telephone: 910-738-5257
Website: www.ctnc.org/landtrusts/lumber.htm
National Committee for the New River, Inc. (NCNR)
NCNR’s mission is to protect and to preserve the unique natural and cultural qualities of the New River, the Watauga River, and their watersheds in Watauga River Watershed and the New River Watershed in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, including Ashe and Alleghany counties in North Carolina.
Telephone: 336-246-4871
Website: www.ncnr.org
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
The Coastal Land Trusts’ mission is to enrich the coastal communities of our state through acquisition of open spaces and natural areas, conservation education, and the promotion of good land stewardship. The Coastal Land Trust is active throughout the coastal plain of North Carolina: Its beaches, river corridors and marshes, its sandhills and savannas, its public parks and greenways. They aspire to bring together citizens and landowners, natives and newcomers, to set aside lands for conservation in the coastal plain of North Carolina.
Telephone: 910-763-0332
Website: www.coastallandtrust.org
North Carolina Nature Conservancy
Website: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/northcarolina/
North Carolina Rail-Trails, Inc. (NCRT)
NCRT’s mission is to preserve rail corridors and promote rail-trails in North Carolina.
Telephone: 919-542-0022
Website: www.NCRail-Trails.org
Northeast New Hanover Conservancy (Figure Eight Island)
The mission of the Northeast New Hanover Conservancy is to establish the quality, by scientific research, of the natural resources within a 20-square mile coastal area; to take steps to protect healthy resources and to upgrade quality of those impacted in the Barrier Islands and the Atlantic Ocean including the watersheds of three tidal creeks – Futch, Pages and Howe.
Telephone: 910-686-0362
Pacolet Area Conservancy (PAC)
PAC’s mission is to preserve and to protect land and natural resources in the greater Pacolet area through conservation easements and gifts of land for this and future generations in Polk county, NC adjoining of Greenville and Spartanburg counties, SC, with holdings in Transylvania and Henderson counties, NC.
Telephone: 828-894-3018
Website: www.pacolet.org
Sandhills Area Land Trust (SALT)
SALT’s mission is to maintain the beauty of the Sandhills area, to protect the diversity of native habitats and wildlife, and to leave this legacy for future generations in the Sandhills region (Moore, Cumberland, Hoke, eastern Richmond and Scotland counties).
Telephone: 910-695-4323
Website: www.sandhillsarealandtrust.org
Bald Head Island Conservancy
The Smith Island Land Trust was founded as a nonprofit corporation in July 1996. The Land Trust merged with the Bald Head Island Conservancy on July 20, 2002 and now operates as a subsidiary corporation of The Conservancy (to read more about the merger, click here). The mission of the Land Trust is “to acquire and preserve historically and ecologically significant lands on Smith Island for the benefit of current and future generations”.
Telephone: 910-457-5786
Website: www.bhic.org
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
The mission of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy is to protect the world’s oldest mountains for the benefit of present and future generations. To this end, our volunteer-based organization works with individuals and local communities to identify, preserve and manage the region’s important lands in Western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.
Telephone: 828-253-0095
Website: www.appalachian.org
Triangle Greenways Council
The mission of the Triangle Greenways Council is to conserve land and corridors connecting the culture of their cities and countryside; past, present and future in Chatham, Durham, Lee, Johnston, Orange, and Wake counties.
Telephone: 919-715-4191
Website: www.trianglegreenways.com
Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC)
TLC’s mission is to create a regional network of open space and natural areas in Chatham, Durham, Johnston, Lee, Orange and Wake counties.
Telephone: 919-833-3662
Website: www.tlc-nc.org
North Carolina Environmental Partners
Conservation Council of North Carolina (CCNC)
CCNC is a statewide group committed specifically to protecting the environmental resources of North Carolina. From this site, you will be able to review a large number of conservation issues and sites.
Website: www.serve.com/ccnc
Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF)
Website: www.cwmtf.net
Earth Share of North Carolina
Earth Share of North Carolina is a federation of 29 environmental non-profits, including Piedmont Land Conservancy, working to conserve and protect the environment here in North Carolina. The group’s primary mission is to raise money for member organizations by encouraging and organizing work place giving campaigns in public and private sector businesses throughout the State of North Carolina.
Website: www.earthsharenc.org
Land for Tomorrow
Land for Tomorrow is a growing partnership of North Carolina organizations and citizens committed to:
Building awareness of the importance of land conservation and historic preservation to North Carolina's future and advocating for expanding funding to meet that need
Website: www.landfortomorrow.org