Fire at Foscue!
Controlled fire helps maintain longleaf pine forests by keeping the understory open and allowing more sunlight to reach the forest floor. Controlled fires are necessary to mimic [...]
Essays from Nature: #30 – Common Ground for Healing
A Photo Series from NC photographer and naturalist Tom Earnhardt Common Ground for Healing No events of my adult life—including the death of John F. [...]
Linda Murchison to serve as Interim Director
LINDA S. MURCHISON WILL SERVE AS INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COASTAL LAND TRUST FOR RELEASE January, 2021 WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Coastal Land Trust has named Linda S. Murchison, [...]
Essays from Nature: #29 – No Better Time and Place
A Photo Series from NC photographer and naturalist Tom Earnhardt No Better Time and Place In reflecting on the year 2020 it would be easy [...]
Essays from Nature: #28 – Dark Places and Bright Stars
A Photo Series from NC photographer and naturalist Tom Earnhardt Dark Places and Bright Stars Whenever I pass near Columbia, NC I try to stop [...]
New Land Saved – Tar River, Riggs Property
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, the Coastal Land Trust saved a beautiful high bluff on the Tar River, in Pitt County. The 10.9-acre conservation easement was donated to the [...]
Essays from Nature: Week 26 – A Sleuth, a Scurry, and a Raft
A Photo Series from NC photographer and naturalist Tom Earnhardt Wishing you a Sleuth, a Scurry, and a Raft this Thanksgiving This past week I [...]
Essays from Nature: Week 24 – A Vote for October
A Photo Series from NC photographer and naturalist Tom Earnhardt A Vote for October If you could choose only one month each year in North [...]
Jesica Blake tapped for Conservation Advisory Council
Jesica Blake, Associate Director of the Coastal Land Trust, has been appointed to the national Land Trust Alliance Conservation Defense Advisory Council. Membership is limited to 16 individuals: experienced, [...]
Essays from Nature: Week 23 – Sound Voyages
A Photo Series from NC photographer and naturalist Tom Earnhardt Sound Voyages This past week I left my house before sunrise and crossed the Neuse [...]