Jubilee Farms – Reflection
Jubilee Farms, also known as Poplar Neck, has been actively pursuing agriculture and silviculture since the late 18th century. The Rich family have been stewards of the property for [...]
WORK BEGINS TO RESTORE REAVES CHAPEL, A HISTORIC AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH
In early November 2021, community members came together in a small but meaningful gathering to acknowledge, celebrate, and bless the work to repair and restore Reaves Chapel, one of [...]
Abbey Nature Preserve and the Coastal Land Trust. . .Just the Facts
Abbey Nature Preserve and the Coastal Land Trust. . .Just the Facts The Coastal Land Trust started working with the Foy family in 2005 to [...]
Welcome Marlo!
Marlo Brooks, our new Business Director, is a native of Boston. She relocated to Wilmington in 2020 and joined the Coastal Land Trust in September, 2021. Spending summers on [...]
Springer’s Point Expands!
Final Parcel of Ocracoke’s Storied Springer’s Point is Now Protected NC Coastal Land Trust Expands Springer’s Point Preserve with the Purchase The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust announced that [...]
Welcome Sydney!
We welcome Sydney Gardner as our new Office Administrator! Sydney Gardner joined the Coastal Land Trust in August 2021. Sydney grew up in South Carolina. Childhood summers visiting her grandfather [...]
Hutaff Island Saved
LAST PRIVATELY-OWNED, UNDEVELOPED BARRIER ISLAND ON NC COAST IS NOW PROTECTED FOREVER The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust has purchased Hutaff Island, the last privately-owned undeveloped barrier [...]
Vast Floodplain Forest in Navassa Conserved
Coastal Land Trust Purchases Vast Floodplain Forest on the Cape Fear River in Navassa The Coastal Land Trust is pleased to announce the purchase of 1,048 acres along 3.5 [...]
Partnership rallies to conserve Hutaff Island
One of North Carolina’s Last Unprotected Barrier Islands to be Conserved Conservation groups, family landowners rally to conserve Hutaff Island Hutaff Island, one of North Carolina’s last privately owned [...]
Giving Bees and Butterflies a Hand
Giving Bees and Butterflies a Hand By Denise Patterson, reprinted with permission from Coastal Review Online (March 2015) [Ed. note: In celebration of PollinatorPalooza, April 12-17, 2021, we are [...]