Getting Down & Dirty with Land Stewardship - Spring 2018

COASTLINES

Getting Down & Dirty with Land Stewardship

By Camilla M. Herlevich

How is the future of Land Stewardship ensured at the Coastal Land Trust?

The Coastal Land Trust has a special fund that is dedicated to Land Stewardship; its principal is invested and its income is applied to the cost of Basic Land Stewardship Activities. We estimate that, given the amount of land in our portfolio and the growth ahead, we should add approximately $2M to this fund over the next year or so.

Land Stewardship IS the future of the Coastal Land Trust! If you’d like to know more about how you can participate in building this fund, please give us a call! 910-792-4524 x210.

Not so very long ago, the Coastal Land Trust owned just half a dozen pieces of land and a few conservation easements. We didn’t have any staff scientists to monitor the land or help mark boundaries, so we’d ask a volunteer biologist to help with these basic stewardship tasks. Back in the days before hand-held GPS or smart phones, they would use a survey map and a compass when they headed out to the field. We called these conservation activities “Land Stewardship.”

Today, virtually everything about Land Stewardship has changed! The Coastal Land Trust now owns 34 preserves covering 9,732 acres, holds 130 conservation easements over another 35,983 acres, and monitors another

6,083 acres of lands that have been transferred to other agencies.

We now have four full-time biologists on staff, a pick-up truck and a shed full of equipment. The “tools of the trade” our Stewardship staff take with them when heading out to the field (or woods, beaches, farms and swamplands) include iPads equipped with GPS positioning software, chain saws to clear brush for trail-building, neon paint for boundary marking, longleaf pine seedlings or bags of oyster shells for habitat restoration, mobile phones to share pictures and live videos on Facebook, and the cell number of the closest law enforcement officer in case they find illegal activities!

What is Land Stewardship?

“Land Stewardship” as an idea, however, hasn’t changed! It still encompasses all the conservation activities that protect—or even improve—the conservation resources of a property after the deal is sealed.

Basic Land Stewardship Tasks include: marking boundaries and installing gates; annual monitoring of all lands and conservation easements; talking with landowners about their future plans; record-keeping; learning about and responding to external threats or changes to the land (e.g., condemnation); and

The Coastal Land Trust is thrilled to welcome Lena O’neal as the new Springer’s Point Preserve Steward! Lena, an Ocracoke native, has spent her life exploring Springer’s Point and its treasures. She has fond memories of walking through Springer’s Point with her grandfather as a little girl. After all, Springer’s Point is literally in Lena’s backyard, a perfect vantage point for her childhood playground and to watch over the Preserve.

Lena is no stranger to introducing others to the ecological and cultural significance of Springer’s Point. As a program specialist at Ocracoke’s campus of the north Carolina Center for the Advancement of

Teaching (nCCAT), Lena has had the opportunity to share Springer’s Point Preserve with numerous groups of north Carolina school teachers. She has also repeatedly volunteered to help the Coastal Land Trust in planting native marsh grasses as a part of the living shoreline project at the Preserve.

After attending UnC-Wilmington, Lena worked at UnC-Wilmington’s Office of Transition Programs. She returned to Ocracoke in 2006 where she lives with her husband, Mark, and children, Maren and Paxton.

Springer’s Point has always been

NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUST

Stewardship,

racheal Carnes, a Coastal Land Trust Duke Stanback Intern, and Stewardship Director Jesica Blake take to a 4wheeler to monitor property with difficult access in Carteret County. They are suited up and prepared for battle with pesky mosquitos.

New Steward Watches Over Springer’s Point Preserve

Lena Austin O’neal

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and protect the state’s coast.

Fussell, a Morehead City resident, is an avid birder, native habitat specialist and wildlife enthusiast who has helped lead educational and conservation efforts on the central coast for many years. He received the award for Outstanding Commitment to Advise and Educate on Coastal resources and Protection.

Spring Stewardship Intern

Emily Thompson

Emily will obtain her master’s degree in Environmental Studies with concentrations in Coastal Management and Marine and Coastal Education in May 2018, from the University of north Carolina Wilmington. She completed her bachelor of science in Marine Biology from UnC Wilmington, as well. During her six years of living in Wilmington, she has become increasingly aware of our coastal issues and wants to contribute to their mitigation. Emily is working with the Stewardship Department to draft management plans and monitoring reports after conducting site visits. She is willing to work on a variety projects and tasks to gain as much experience

Randy Beardsworth Wilmington, nC

Nancy J. Bray Grifton, nC

Fussell Morehead City, nC

Holt Wilmington, nC

L. Kesler Carolina Beach, nC

McOwen Manteo, nC

Murchison Wilmington, nC

Pearsall raleigh, nC

Perry raleigh, nC

Pickler Davidson, nC

Purvis Wilmington, nC

Cheryl Bradley Smith

Pine Knoll Shores, nC

Lovay WallaceSingleton new Bern, nC

George Wood Kill Devil Hills, nC

Board members serve three, three-year staggered terms. Board members are elected each year by the membership during the annual meeting.

Pr ESIDEn T Ann Cary Simpson Chapel Hill, nC

ICE Pr ESIDEn T Melanie Allen Durham, nC

SECr ETAry An D VICE Pr ESIDEn T Paul E. Hosier Wilmington, nC

Tr EASU r Er Maggie Ashburn Wilmington, nC

BOArd Of dIrECTOrS

Coastal Land Trust Board Member John Fussell has been distinguished as a recipient of a 2017 Pelican Award. The Pelican Awards are given annually by the north Carolina Coastal Federation to recognize exceptional efforts to restore, preserve

JOHN fuSSELL rECEIVES PELICAN AWArd

COASTAL L ANd TruST INTE rN

B ill raney, one of the founders and past presidents of the Coastal Land Trust, is one of several attorneys who has always made himself available for legal advice when we’ve had questions. But this past year, he signed on for much more: volunteering to represent us when a lawsuit was brought requesting a right-of-way over land which was subject to a conservation easement held by the Coastal Land Trust.

The Coastal Land Trust was only brought into the lawsuit because any new right-of-way granted must comply with the terms of the conservation easement. Still, being a “party” to any lawsuit raises the possibility of thousands of dollars in legal fees. In fact, Bill donated more than 70 hours of his legal time on this case in 2017.

In December 2017, with the case still not resolved and Bill’s retirement pending, Bill helped us recruit a new volunteer attorney. We are sincerely grateful to Bill’s representation of the Coastal Land Trust in this case.

Coastal Land Trust

Receives

Time, Talent and Treasure

You may have heard of “The Three T’s: Time, Talent, and Treasure,” referring to the gifts that individuals bring to nonprofit organizations or communities of faith. Over the last year or so, the Coastal Land Trust has benefitted from expertise given generously by Bill raney and royster Hedgepeth.

royster Hedgepeth only recently “retired” to Wilmington, but he has already had a dramatic positive impact on the Coastal Land Trust’s fundraising program. royster is a veteran leader of successful multi-million dollar capital fundraising campaigns for public universities and private communities of faith.

Since moving here, royster has learned to care deeply about the north Carolina coast, and has become one of our most active volunteers. He has brought the full measure of his decades of executive level fundraising experience to the Coastal Land Trust. royster’s approach, a donor-centered philosophy, fits well with our organization. royster meets weekly with staff, and bimonthly with volunteers and Board members. He is teaching and inspiring all of us about how to plan and execute a truly bold, ambitious fundraising plan for the north Carolina coast.

We are very grateful for the contributions of these two leaders in their respective fields of law and philanthropy.

Weyerhaeuser Grant to Reprint Forest Guide

In 2016, Coastal Land Trust created our Find It in The Forest guide to provide children of all ages with a take-home educational tool that allows them to explore and evaluate longleaf forests (with generous support from Duke Progress Energy Foundation). This educational guide has a checklist, photographs and descriptions of things you would find in healthy longleaf forests that encourages the user to pay close attention to their surrounding while exploring the outdoors.

Because of high demand, our supply from the first print of these guides was all but gone by the end of 2016. The guides were used at many of the Coastal Land Trust’s outdoor events like the fall Show Me Day at our Everett Creek Preserve and by partners such as the Boy Scouts and Camp Albemarle. In 2017, with funding from nC State University, Find It in The Forest guide was in its second print and being used for environmental education programs by the Coastal Land Trust and by partner organizations as far as the piedmont region of the state.

Most recently, the Coastal Land Trust received a $2,000 grant for the third reprint

of Find It in The Forest from the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund, and the guide will be headed to new host sites for our environmental program. Jade Woll, the Coastal Land Trust’s current AmeriCorps Service Member, will be working with Queen’s Creek Elementary and Bogue Sound Elementary this spring. She will be implementing our Longleaf Pine Curriculum in the classroom, and the Find it in the Forest guide during a guided hike at our Gales Creek Preserve.

Studies have shown the powerful benefits youth receive from Environmental Education. According to Dr. nicole Ardoin of Stanford University, there have been over 100 studies that have found that Environmental Education provides transforming learning opportunities to youth, which results in engagement in the world around them in a meaningful way.

The Find it in the Forest guide allows students to become engaged in their

surrounding environment, by providing a fun and accessible educational medium.

The Find it in the Forest guide is a small, but mighty solution, to meet the greater need for environmental education along the north Carolina Coast.

royster Hedgepeth

Stewardship Assistant Tatum Justice, second from left, accepts a grant from Weyerhaeuser representatives Lori Flowers and Brian Chaney. The grant will allow the Coastal Land Trust to reprint Find It in the Forest.

Bill raney, one of the founders and past president of the Coastal Land Trust

conservation easement enforcement and defense, if needed.

Strategic or “Extra” Land Stewardship Tasks include: ecological monitoring; invasive species removal; habitat enhancement and restoration (everything from pollinator gardens, to marsh grass plantings, to prescribed burns); installing, building and maintaining site improvements that facilitate public use or access to preserves (trails, boardwalks,

signage, etc.) and engaging community members to participate in events on the land.

What would happen if Land Stewardship activities stopped?

Many preserves would be at risk for trespass, unlawful timbering, and poaching of game species such as deer, or native plants such as Venus flytraps. Others, like Springer’s Point, would have to be closed to the public if we couldn’t afford to keep them clean and safe.

Perhaps most important, if we failed to monitor conservation easements and a violation of the agreement occurred without us catching it, our future legal rights and remedies could be compromised and weakened.

We are so proud of our Stewardship Staff and we could nOT protect the lands we do without their dedication to the land – rain or shine, cold or hot, near or far. They do it all, and we are so grateful that the lands we protect are also cared for!

special to Lena, who says, “I was fortunate to have grown up with parents and grandparents who kicked me out of the house to play outside on a regular basis. I was fortunate that they valued time spent in nature and the lessons learned from the freedom to wander and

explore. Being connected to your environment and passing that love and appreciation on to your children is a priority.”

How true. Springer’s Point is special, and we are excited to have Lena watching over this treasure for all of us!

NATURE TRIVIA

As winter finally thaws, many animals in North Carolina will be emerging from hiber nation, a state of inactivity for a period of time. During hibernation, an animal’s body temperature lowers and its breathing

and heart rate slows down. A few animals actually produce a type of natural antifreeze that helps preserve vital organs. Which of the following species is known to have this biochemical ingenuity:

ABOVE: Wetlands can be challenging when it’s time to re-mark boundary lines. Jesica Blake, Stewardship Director, “hikes” through water to reach the corner of Coastal Land Trust protected land on the northeast Cape Fear river.

LEFT: Brad Duckworth of Premier Forestry manages a controlled burn on a Coastal Land Trust preserve in Craven County.

STEWARDSHIP,

O’NEAL, continued from page 1

Photo by Lena Austin O’Neal

Swimmers are scarce at Springer’s Point in January as Ocracoke experienced substantial snowfall. See more “Snowcracoke” photos on page 12.

2017 Honor Roll of Donors

The Coastal Land Trust expresses our gratitude to the families, foundations, and corporations who made a gift during our fiscal year (October 1, 2016 – September 30, 2017). your support helps us fulfill our mission: to enrich the coastal communities of our state through conservation of natural areas and working landscapes, education, and the promotion of good land stewardship. Thanks for your support.

If you have questions or would like to change the listing of your name in our publications, please contact Vann Pearsall at (910) 790-4524 ext. 210.

$25,000 +

The Conservation Alliance

Mr. richard W. Dodd and Ms. Cheryl Grandfield

Duke Energy Foundation

Enviva Forest Conservation Fund

F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc

Merck Family Fund

Linda and reid Murchison The Orton Foundation Fred and Alice Stanback

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Golden Leaf Foundation

Holt Oil Company

Ms. Patricia A. Horstman

Mr. and Mrs. Marty Lanier

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Sam rankin

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Anonymous

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Ms. Melanie r . Allen

Ms. nancy Allred

Mr. David Ammons

Mr. Frederick Annand and Ms. Joy Lewis

Ms. Mary Ellen Appleman

Arc 3 Gases

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Dr. Katherine L. Bick

Ms. Deborah Blake

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rev. Dr. richard C. and Susan A. Boyd

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Mr. Scott Bradley

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Mrs. Elizabeth C. Clarke

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The Community Foundation of nC East

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Mr. John T. Cox

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Mr. John Finnegan* and Ms. Stephanie Horton

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Charles E. Hardy Deloris and Bobby Harrell

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The Honorable Mary Price Taylor Harrison

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Orrell and reiner PC

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Jim Stephenson by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heill, Sally Anger Merriwell W. Vineyard by Lynn Bruton

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Photo by Jeff Hall, NC Wildlife Resources Commission

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B OARD OF D IRECTORS F IELD T RIP, Cool Springs Environmental Education Center, New Bern, Craven County, December 7, 2017

rIGHT: Weyerhaeuser Company owns 1,700 acres along the neuse river that are used as an outdoor classroom showcasing forest ry and ecology. The property, permanently conserved by the Coastal Land Trust, is known as Cool Springs Environmental Ed ucation Center. Board members George Wood, left, and Paul Ho sier walk the boardwalk through forested wetlands at Cool Springs.

ABOVE: Staff and Board members gather on a platform overlooking the swamp at Cool Springs. From left, Janice Allen, Camilla Herlev ich, Paul Hosier, George Wood, Sam Pearsall, Linda Pearsall, nan cy Bray and Linda Murchison.

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Clockwise

Photos by Paige Brown

ABOVE: These generous artists donated a portion of the profits from the sale of their art to the Coastal Land Trust. Hannah and Stephanie Holt hosted the event. The artists are: from left: Karen Paden Crouch, Patti Caldwell, Elizabeth Darrow, Dumay Gorham, Stepha nie Holt, Sarah Gray Lamm, and Stan Harmon.

LEFT: Artist Stan Harmon’s glass stingray catches Cheri Ferguson’s attention.

ART FOR A CAUSE, Wilmington, November 17, 2017

R ED B EANS AND B LUEGRASS, Wrightsville Beach Brewery Wilmington, November 12, 2017

red Beans and Bluegrass at Wrightsville Beach Brewery is fun for all ages!

from above are: Smith, Kelly, nicole and Sebastian nester; Aaron, Clare and Laurie King; Waylon Ashburn and ruby Mason; and Jason and Erica Kesler with Ellie and Aubrey.

It’s a Family (and Forest!) Affair

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“This is a place where my kids can come out and hunt and enjoy the land. They also have some long-term financial security through a working forest. This is important to me,” said Stephen.

tephen Owens is creating a land legacy for his children. Building on long-held family-owned land, Stephen, along with his brother, Harry, sister, Joy Usher, and Uncles Sam and Whren Williams, have amassed over 3,000 acres of forest along almost six miles of the northeast Cape Fear river north of Crooms Bridge road in Pender County. The land hosts vast bottomland hardwood and pine forests and is managed for wildlife and timber income.Conservation also fits in with Stephen’s and his family’s economic and land use objectives. In 2013, they sold a landowner agreement (also known as a conservation easement) at a significant bargain sale to the Coastal Land Trust on over 2,300 acres. In 2015, they worked with the Coastal Land Trust to acquire and protect another 1,000+acres of contiguous land. And on December 19, 2017, the Owens Family, LLC sold a conservation agreement to the Coastal Land Trust on another 282+acres along the river.

Funding for this recent Coastal Land Trust easement purchase came from a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service north American Wetlands Conservation grant. “Together, we have permanently protected a forested buffer along a huge section of the northeast Cape Fear river and linked wildlife habitat from the river to over 24,000 acres of the state-owned Angola Bay Game Lands. The Owens Tract represented a hole in a long conservation corridor up above Crooms Bridge road in Pender County to the Duplin County state line,” stated Janice Allen, Deputy Director of the Coastal Land Trust. “We especially thank Mr. Owens for his perseverance on the December 2017 closing, which to us, represents one of the last pieces of the puzzle!”

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Three generations of the Owens/Williams Family gather on their property along the northeast Cape Fear river. From left are Stephen Owens’ sister Joy Usher, her daughter Allison Page, Stephen with his son ross in front, Sammy Williams holding his grandson Tripp, and Whrens Williams.

S NOW AT S PRINGER ’ S POINT : Ocracoke, January 18, 2018

Photos by Lena Austin O’Neal, Springer’s Point Preserve Steward

A rare deep snowfall at Springer’s Point in January was enjoyed by visitors

and residents of “Snowcrakoke.”