Expanding the Sea Gate Woods Preserve
The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust recently completed the acquisition of a 78-acre property Carteret County. This property, which adjoins the Coastal Land Trust’s Sea Gate Woods Preserve, was [...]
Rocky Point Marl Forest – a small but mighty save!
The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust is pleased to announce the purchase of the 32.16-acre Rocky Point Marl Forest Tract in Pender County! Though small, the conservation values of [...]
A Gathering on the Grasslands
A Gathering on the Grasslands at B.W. Wells Savannah More than twenty years ago, a group of botanists came together to help the Coastal Land Trust purchase and conserve [...]
Wildlife Oasis Conserved Along the Cape Fear River
The N.C. Coastal Land Trust completed the purchase of 265 acres along 1.1 miles of the Cape Fear River in Bladen County. The property, located in the small town [...]
When Your Heart Speaks
My connection to the Coastal Land Trust and Springer’s Point is through my brother, Jim Stephenson. Jim was an environmental policy analyst who lobbied for causes in Raleigh. He [...]
Nonprofits work together to protect sites
Two iconic sites in the Outer Banks – Island Farm on Roanoke Island and the land surrounding the beautiful Currituck Lighthouse – are now permanently protected. The Coastal Land [...]
More Land for the Croatan!
This spring the Coastal Land Trust helped expand the Croatan National Forest! We transferred the 349.91 acre Bate tract, in Craven County, to the U. S. Forest [...]
The Bell Shall Ring Again
On a sunny morning this past fall, neighbors and friends gathered along Cedar Hill Road in Navassa, NC, on the lawn of Reaves Chapel. This was the day the [...]
Marty Lanier: NC Longleaf Honor Roll Recipient
As we pulled up to the 58-acre Lanier tract in Brunswick County on an overcast morning, a delicate haze of smoke drifted across the landscape and the smell of [...]