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The High Country Press is reporting the following. The Blue Ridge Conservancy and National Committee for the New River recently announced achievements in land conservation. The N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund provided funding for two local projects. Blue Ridge Conservancy John and Faye Cooper, owners of Mast General Store, have donated a conservation [...] [...] Another tract of off Parkway land is being protected through the efforts of the Conservation Trust of North Carolina and a local family… WAYNESVILLE — by Nanci Bompey • June 30, 2010 The Blue Ridge Parkway figures heavily into Joe Arrington’s 69 years. More info Haywood County Land Going To Parkway • North Carolina Mountain Dreams. [...] Another big chunk of North Carolina mountain property was recently protected from development. An 8,000-acre tract that is the largest privately-owned wilderness in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains has been placed under contract to conservation groups for $33 million, they said today. Read more at Another Blue Ridge Mountains Tract Protected • North Carolina Mountain Dreams. I found a reference to this article on the Yale Environment 360 blog. If you haven’t heard of them add them to your feed reader for a while…You might discover a new source of news you can use. After increasing during much of the 20th century, forest cover in the eastern United States in recent [...] Adjacent land development, air pollution, and funding shortfalls puts experience of visitors and trail resources at risk [...] On August 18 at 7 pm at the Appalachian Laboratory in Frostburg, the Western Mountains Chapter of the Maryland Native Plant Society will hold it’s regular meeting. There will be a presentation after the business meeting. Topic – Native Orchids of North America Speaker – Jessie Harris Program will begin immediately following a brief MNPS [...] |
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