LandTrust Hires Michael Nye as Membership and Outreach Director
The LandTrust for Central North Carolina has named Michael Nye as its new Membership and…
Lizards Not Scorpions
You may have heard someone say that a certain lizard with a blue tail is a “scorpion,” thought to…
Volunteer Workday: Chestnut Clean Up
Join us for a day of weeding and cleaning up around our chestnut project in Rowan County! Last year…
Don’t Move Firewood
With springtime here, many folks are venturing into nature for outdoor adventures. For many of us…
A Pair of Swallows
A stop by the Eldorado Outpost this morning included a sighting of a barn swallow that had built…
A Mysterious Firefly Display in the Uwharries
Two years ago, over Memorial Day weekend, I witnessed a phenomenon in the Uwharries that…
Climate Resiliency
Land Trusts now have a new set of data to help them in their mission to conserve the most important…
Water Snakes
Many people confuse harmless water snakes with the venomous water moccasin or cottonmouth snake….
Orchids in our Woodlands
Many people are surprised to find out that we do indeed have orchids growing in our woodlands…
Bull Tallow
Red clay. It’s the bane of Piedmont gardeners. Heavy and lumpy when wet, it dries as hard as a terra cotta pot…