Save The South End

The southern portion of Topsail Beach (also known as “The South End” or “The Point”) is a special place, a site of profound natural beauty. The South End represents one of the last remaining undeveloped, privately owned sites on any North Carolina barrier island. This 149+ acre property features more than 1.6 miles of sound-to-sea frontage along the Atlantic Ocean, New Topsail Inlet, and Banks Channel and hosts an expanse of pristine dunes, beach, estuarine wetlands, and maritime shrub forest providing habitat for a diversity of coast-centric wildlife.

This property is UNPARALLED in terms of coastal conservation values AND it is UNPROTECTED from future residential development.

The Coastal Land Trust has recently negotiated and signed a contract with the owners to purchase The South End. We need your help to make it happen!

The Coastal Land Trust needs to raise more than $7.8M to purchase and permanently conserve The South End by March 2025!

We have made incredible progress toward our fundraising goal! As of December 6th, more than $6.6 million has been secured in support of the Save the South End campaign. This total includes grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, North Carolina Land and Water Fund, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s North American Wetlands Conservation Act as well as $1.3 million in private funding from 700 donors. 

We’ve also applied for a $1,000,000 grant that we are hopeful to receive in December. If successful, we have just under $200,000 left to raise in private funds to make the dream of saving the South End a reality.

The time is now to Save The South End forever. Please make your gift below.