Coastal Land Trust is a Godsend to our Area Cal Bryant’s opinion piece featured on January 27, 2026  in the Roanoke-Chowan Herald  "Black bears don’t know when they’ve crossed from Virginia to [...]

Position Description Title: Director of Development Status: Full Time, Exempt (40 hours/week) Reports to: Executive Director Supervises: Development and Communications Location: Wilmington, Eastern NC, or NC Triangle About North [...]

North Carolina Coastal Land Trust Announces Plans to Purchase Flossie Bryan Tract, Establishing a New Permanent Nature Preserve in Wilmington 60-Acre Independence Boulevard Property to Be Conserved in Perpetuity, [...]

The Coastal Land Trust is excited to announce Brian Rubino has joined the Coastal Land Trust team as our new Northeast Region Director effective on December 1, 2025. Lee [...]

[Camden County]: The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust (Coastal Land Trust) recently transferred its 303.5-acre Pasquotank River Preserve in Camden County to the State of North Carolina to be [...]

Few people have done more to help North Carolinians understand and appreciate our coast than Stanley R. Riggs, PhD. For over six decades, Dr. Riggs or Stan as he [...]

Elizabeth Darrow has made Wilmington her home since 1977. Born in Hartford, Conn. Darrow is a 1967 graduate of Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio), where [...]

Nominees  The following nominees were elected to join the Board of Directors during the October 11th Annual Celebration: Mavis Gragg, Durham  - Mavis is a “death and dirt” attorney and [...]

On April 29, 2025, the Coastal Land Trust purchased the South End of Topsail Beach, a significant step in permanent protection of the property. The South End, also known [...]

Mellissa Dionesotes, Coastal Land Trust’s Land and Stewardship Manager, recently attended the 2025 NC & SC Invasive Plant & Pest Joint Symposium in Wilmington. This annual meeting brought experts, [...]