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 nearly $8M to purchase and permanently conserve The South End by March 2025!
As of November 1st, we have raised more than $1.2 million from private donors toward our $1.6 million private fundraising goal, with over 650 donors contributing. We have also received approval for a grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, with decisions on two other grants expected before the end of the year.
The time is now to Save The South End forever. Please make your gift below.
*In donating to the Save the South End Campaign, you understand that if at any time any portion of this donation cannot be used for the designated purpose, the Board of Directors of the Coastal Land Trust may use the gift in a manner which is in the best interest of the organization, bearing in mind the wishes of the donor(s).
Photo thanks to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
