Quietly, for many months, dedicated Coastal Land Trust leaders have been working to accelerate the Coastal Land Trust’s conservation agenda. We recognize that today, more than ever, protecting our endangered coastal treasures is necessary to save the vitality of our coast, and to preserve its wonder and beauty for generations to come. While proud of all the amazing lands we’ve already saved, we know we can do more— and we are, thanks to “Your Land,” our campaign for the coast, an ambitious
Some people seem to think Camilla Herlevich IS the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust, and it’s easy to see why. A co-founder of the organization, Herlevich has been Executive Director of the Coastal Land Trust since its founding in 1992 and has been at the forefront of its campaign to save environmentally sensitive land in eastern North Carolina.
$36 million dollar initiative.
Your Land will multiply the Coastal Land Trust’s capacity to do what we do better than anyone else—save the critical natural lands of the coast that provide countless public benefits for us, our families, our communities, and our state.
Here’s how we’re doing it—with the campaign‘s three ambitious funding objectives:
Raise $30 million to secure and protect more of the Top 40 conservation projects
at the coast. You’ve told us that nothing is more important to you than saving land— so this is where the majority of funds raised will be spent.
Raise $3 million for an internal revolving loan fund, to act quickly in the real estate market with cash in hand to buy land, obtain options and carry out due diligence—repaying the loan with later grant-writing and fundraising.
acres of land.”
Herlevich has announced plans to retire in December (2020), and has entered a sort of victory lap.
The StarNews presented her with its 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. The North Carolina Society of New York named her and Jane Preyer as co-honorees at its annual gala in December for their work to protect the environment in the state of North Carolina.
“It was really her vision,” said co-founder Michael Murchison. “It was her inspiration.”
And on January 16, 2020, the Board of Directors of the Coastal Land Trust voted to rename its Stewardship Endowment Fund in her honor. The fund is now known as the Camilla M. Herlevich Legacy Stewardship Fund.
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“She has been our guiding light,” said Janice Allen, Director of Land Protection with the Land Trust, “as we’ve saved, now, more than 80,000
Peg Rorison’s grandfather, D. H. Lippitt bought Clarendon Plantation in Brunswick County in the early 1900s. He built the present home site there in 1923-1924.
Peg said that she “grew up” at Clarendon. Things were not well at home. Her mother was sick. She does not have a lot of memories about her father, but did mention that he received an award from General Pershing. [Her father, Harmon Rorison, received the Distinguished Service Cross for his high-risk combat actions in France during WW I.]
“And did you know,” she asked, “that he flew with the Kosciusko Aerial Squadron in Poland against the Russians?” [After the war, he joined American pilots in Poland who supported the antiBolshevik Poles in the Russo-Polish War.]
She remembers her grandmother, Margaret W. Lippitt, was an artist and talked about Clarendon’s having “a wonderful library of books.”
“I was by myself much of the time,” Peg said. However, she added that she enjoyed walking alone and remembers being happiest when outside.
Clarendon was a “mysterious thing to see and enjoy:” an alligator that was chained to a pole (“there were parties”), eating peanuts up in the barn loft, picking carrots, taking care of a wild baby goat, horses, beautiful trees, and a lily pond that was important to her.
She recalled her outdoor experiences as giving her a “feeling of freedom” and said that Clarendon was her “childhood playground.” The Coastal Land Trust [its mission to save land to enjoy] reminds her of this “childhood playground.”
Richard Dodd fell in love with Ocracoke in the 50’s when visiting with his father, and eventually bought a second home there with his wife Cheryl Grandfield. They began supporting the Coastal Land Trust in 2003 during the original Campaign for Springer’s Point. We extend our condolences to Cheryl Grandfield.
“Judge Ola” was elected to the Board of Directors of the Coastal Land Trust in 2007. In a later interview, freelance writer Jason Frye, wrote, “While not a self-described outdoorswoman, Judge Lewis said her father instilled a love and respect for the outdoors in her, prompting her to work with the Coastal Land Trust.” Our sincerest sympathies to her husband Reginald Holley.
Otis Hurd was a key member of the Coastal Land Trust’s local committee for the Ocracoke Nature Walk project, having previously supported the Campaign for the Ocracoke Community Park. He and his wife Theresa moved to the Outer Banks in 1977. An avid fisherman, Otis cared deeply about the coast. We offer our deep regrets to his wife Theresa Hurd.
Each year, the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Society of New York selects honorees who have made substantial contributions to the welfare, health and prestige of North Carolina.
In December, Camilla Herlevich and Jane Preyer, who have spent their careers working to protect the environment in the State of North Carolina, were honored. The honorees were introduced at the society’s Annual Dinner Dance held at the university Club on West Fifty-fourth Street in Manhattan.
“I am overwhelmed and excited by this distinction,” Herlevich said when learning of the honor. Celebrating with Herlevich in New York City were several past and present members of the Coastal Land Trust’s Board of Directors, two of her colleagues, and her two adult children.
According to John A. Sipp, 2018-2019 president of the organization, the Dinner Dance “is the highlight of the North Carolina Society’s calendar of events and marks the unofficial beginning of the holiday season” for the Society’s 600 members. The society is celebrating its 122nd year.
For more information on the North Carolina Society of New York, go to www.ncsocietyofny.org/.
Above: From left, Coastal Land Trust staff Jesica Blake and Lee Leidy, Camilla’s daughter LB Brier, Camilla, Camilla’s son John Brier, and Coastal Land Trust Board President Melanie Allen.
Left: Agnes Beane, past Board member of the Coastal Land Trust, with Camilla at the Annual Dinner Dance held at the university Club in New York City by the North Carolina Society of New York.
fAr Left: John Sipp, President of the North Carolina Society of New York, presents Jane Preyer, left and Camilla Herlevich with their awards.
“I just feel very, very fortunate,” Herlevich said, “to have been in the right place at the right time, with the right mix of experience.”
“The Coastal Land Trust Board and staff members are already preparing for a new leader to come on board by the end of the year,” Herlevich said. A search committee, chaired by immediate Past President Ann Simpson, will work with a national consulting firm that specializes in executive search for nonprofits to recruit a new executive director.
“What she has done is just incredible,” said Dr. Stan Riggs, a retired East Carolina university professor and land owner. “She’s saved some of the most wonderful places in Eastern North Carolina. She’s got an open mind, and she’s not afraid of going into difficult areas, including the barrier islands and the marshes and swamps of the Inner Banks.”
Author-consultant Ann Cary Simpson, a Past President of the Coastal Land Trust Board, praised Herlevich’s “formidable vision and expertise.” “Thanks to her efforts,” she added, “The Land Trust has amassed an amazing portfolio of some of our state’s most environmentally important and beautiful lands.”
“She is truly listening and engaged in conversations.” said Hannah Holt, Past President of the Coastal Land Trust and Director of Operations for Holt Cstore. “I think that is one of her greatest assets, which opens doors with land owners, politicians, board members and donors. Her vision has always been big and from a 30,000-foot view, and she has never let outside forces knock her off track.”
The daughter of a forester, Herlevich grew up sailing around Wrightsville Beach and exploring on her father’s fishing camp on Town Creek in Brunswick County.
After graduating from New Hanover High School in Wilmington, she went on to Duke university and to Boston university, where she earned a law degree.
Herlevich worked as an assistant district attorney in Wake County (Raleigh), where she earned the nickname “Attila the Camilla,” then spent nearly 12 years as a regional attorney with The Nature Conservancy, handling cases from Virginia to Florida.
In 1991, she and her husband Jim Brier moved back to Wilmington with their children. The following year, she joined with Murchison, Bill Raney and Chuck Roe to found the Coastal Land Trust.
“It was really like starting a business,” Herlevich said. The infant Land Trust had no money at first, and for a number of years,
Herlevich was a one-person staff, on a part-time basis. The Coastal Land Trust acquired its first 11 acres as a result of a mitigation action in North Chase, and it has been growing ever since.
Herlevich said one of her proudest moments was acquiring Springer’s Point, one of the last undeveloped stretches of Ocracoke Island, as a nature preserve. “It’s a beautiful place,” she said.
Another high point was the development, or un-development, of the Cape Fear River Corridor project along Town Creek and the lower Cape Fear River, protecting more than 17,000 acres of land. The project was the result of a partnership with the N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the university of North Carolina Wilmington, Brunswick County, International Paper and private land owners.
“It just fell into place,” Herlevich said. “When we didn’t have the dollars, others came forward. As a result, we were able to save much of the Cape Fear’s old rice plantations.”
under Herlevich’s leadership, the Coastal Land Trust took a gamble and borrowed $4.5 million to purchase “Site X” along Salmon Creek in Bertie County—including an archeological site that may hold clues to the fate of some members of Sir Walter Raleigh’s Lost Colony.
“If we hadn’t acted fast, we would have lost it,” she said.
One of Herlevich’s major objectives in the last months of her directorship is completion of a $36 million capital campaign. Funds raised from the drive will be used to build up Coastal Land Trust endowments, to ensure that the organization has the personnel needed to protect the land it has acquired. It would also amass a “war chest,” in case the Coastal Land Trust needs to acquire and protect sensitive land within a limited time frame.
Raise $3 million in endowments and stewardship funds for sustainability and growth so that the Coastal Land Trust endures as a vital and sustainable organization.
And here’s the best news of all—I’m very grateful to report that, during this “quiet phase” of the campaign, we have reached 77% of our goal! That’s right, our staff and amazing volunteers have raised more than $27 million. The great majority of these funds have come from state and federal grants and settlements. These funds are being raised and spent to protect land. Two million in commitments have been received from individuals, families, foundations, and businesses! Private funds are especially needed to reach the $3M goal for Opportunity Fund and the $3M goal for the Promise Fund.
we need you! give today, preserve Your Land for tomorrow.
Please consider joining the generous individuals, families, and businesses who have already made a special gift or pledge to Your Land. The campaign welcomes gifts of cash or securities, as well as planned gifts.
The Coastal Land Trust expresses our gratitude to the families, foundations, and corporations who made a gift during our fiscal year (October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019). Gifts of all sizes are appreciated. However, because of space, listed below are those contributions of Tidewater Society Level ($1000) and above. All contributions are recognized on our website at CoastalLandTrust.org/contributors.
Your support helps to save the best, most imperiled lands on the coast of North Carolina. Thank you!!
If you have questions or would like to change the listing of your name, online or in our publications, please contact Vann Pearsall at (910) 790-4524 ext. 2100.
$100,000+
Duke Energy Foundation
NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Fred and Alice Stanback
uS Endowment for Forestry and Communities Grant through Enviva Forest Conservation Fund uS Fish and Wildlife Service uS Navy
$50,000 - $99,999
Mr. Richard W. Dodd* and Ms. Cheryl Grandfield F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Orton Foundation, LLC
$10,000 - $49,999
The Cannon Foundation
Coastal Vacation Resorts
Coca Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Conservation Trust for North Carolina Dr. I. Alan Craig
Audrey and Charles Cushman Historic Wilmington Foundation, Inc. Holt Oil Company
Mrs. Patricia A. Horstman
Linda and Reid Murchison Brad and Shelli Stanback Mrs. Nancy Stanback Sumrell Sugg, PA
The Coastal Companies The Paynter Law Firm, PLLC Wells Fargo Foundation William A. Stern Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999
Randy and Betty Ann Beardsworth
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ellis
Great Outdoor Provision Company M.R. Williams, Inc
Christy and John Mack Foundation Ms. Marguerite O. Pitts Sam Rankin
The Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation
$2,500 - $4,999
Anonymous (2)
Atlantic Shores Distributors
Woody Billings
BP America
The Raymond E. and Ellen F. Crane Foundation
EarthShare NC
First Citizens Bank
Hannah and William Gage Ms. Frances Goodman
Hurley and Associates of Fayetteville, Inc. K2 Design Group, P.A. Mr. Charles R. Kernan and Mrs. Janette K. Hopper
Kitty Hawk Kites
Mr. Michael Murchison and Ms. Barbara Sullivan NC Subway Group, Inc Edward and Susan Norvell Mr. and Mrs. David Paynter Resource Management Service, LLC S&D Coffee, Inc Mrs. Nancy Sample Ms. Marjorie Starling Mrs. Teeny Tait TowneBank/TowneInsurance
$1,000 - $2,499
Adams Beverages Ms. Sally Anger Maggie Ashburn and Rich Mason AVOCA, Inc.
Agnes R. Beane Dr. and Mr. Mary-Emma and Michael Beres Boulineaus Inc
Nancy and John Bray Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. Brown Mr. David C. Bryan Bug-N-A-Rug Exterminators CarolinaEast Health System Judge and Mrs. Dougald N. Clark
Coastal Carolina Health Care, PA Mr. and Mrs. Miles Coxe Ms. Carla Daniel
Mr. Charles Darsie and Ms. Sandra Cook Peter and Cay Davis East Carolina Dermatology Ebenconcepts Inc Edwards of Ocracoke Farm Bureau - New Hanover County Mr. David B. Finch
First Eagle Investment Management Foundation
Mr. James E. Foscue Jr. Charlotte Noel Fox Mr. and Mrs. Skip Fry John Fussell
Grady White Boats
Mr. Robert Hackney and Ms. Shauna Holiman Dr. and Mrs. John H. Haley III
The Harold H. Bate Foundation
Jane and Paul Heill Mr. Tom Hollinshed and Ms. Katherine Lange
Greg and Eden Honeycutt
Alice and George Horton
Paul and Liz Hosier
Ms. Kathryn B. Howd
Joe and Gloria Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Huntsman
Mrs. Julia Hutcherson
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D. Hutchison
Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Jacoby
Ms. Carol V. James
Jared C. Fox Family Foundation
The Joanna Foundation
Johnson Brothers Distributing
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kiefer
Ms. Lee Kimball and Mr. R. Tucker Scully
Dr. Kenneth Klein and Ms. Bobbi Harmon
Land Management Group
Landmark Commercial
Mr. G. Raymond Leggett III
Lee and John Leidy
Dr. Tom and Mrs. Carolyn Leonard Ms. Jan M. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lynn
Ms. Anne Marshall Mr. W. Daniel Martin III
Matrix Brokerage
John Robert and Alison Mattocks
The Honorable and Mrs. Charles K. McCotter Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris McCrudden McGuire Woods LLP
Mr. Kyle McIntyre
Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. McMerty
MCO Transport, Inc
Ms. Dana L. McQueen
Mr. and Mrs. John Merriner
Stephanie and John Mitchell
Morgan Stanley Foundation
Mr. Travis Moser, CFP
Murchison, Taylor, & Gibson, PLLC
Kelly Nester and Nicole Guite
Ms. Nancy K. Nunn
Ocracoke Island Realty
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Paynter
Robert Perry and Katherine Crawford
Kris and Jen Pickler
Point Clan, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Preyer
Mr. L. Richardson Preyer Jr. and Mrs. Marilyn Jacobs Preyer
Quible & Associates, PC
Mr. and Mrs. Walker H. Rayburn Jr.
RC Land Design and Maintenance
Ms. Lynn Regnery
Restoration Systems, LLC
Mr. Arthur Rice, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon B. Rich Jr.
Ride the Wind
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ritchie
RSM uS, LLP
Salt Air Inc
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Sherman Ann and Bland Simpson
Mr. Willis Slane and Ms. Caroline Chiles Smithfield Foods Ms. Catherine Sparks
Annie Gray Sprunt
Mr. and Mrs. John Stanback Ms. Katherine G. Stern
Mr. and Mrs. Trawick Stubbs Jr. Jane and Scott Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swift Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tabak
The Oleander Company, Inc Thomson, Corder & Company
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Thomson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Vic Venters
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wakild Mr. and Mrs. David Ward Waste Management Wayne Petroleum Mr. Dean Weber
The Murchison Group of Wells Fargo Advisors LLC
Robert E. Wells Mrs. Carolyn Whitehurst Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Wilkins Jr. Womble Bond Dickinson, LLP Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wright
Wrightsville Beach Brewery
* Deceased
Janice L. Allen by Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wright Scott Andersen by Mr. and Mrs. Roger James John and C. Corbett by Dr. and Mrs. Tom Mates Alan Craig by Sandra Hoffman Sara Ellington by Claire Ellington
Tammy Finch by David B. Finch
Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Griffin by Alfred Griffin
Lisa B. Gurganus by Anonymous Jane S. Heill by Morgan Heill
Camilla M. Herlevich by Elizabeth Knowles Dr. Tom and Mrs. Carolyn Leonard Stamp Defiance Chapter, NSDAR
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wright
David E. Huffine by William A. Stern Foundation
Jimmy Jordan by Jim Jordan
Jim Keyzer by Bill and Betty Gray Davis
Sally Mason by Lynn Weaver
William Mauney by Great Outdoor Provision Company William E. Miller by Anonymous Sue and Bill Reaves by HealtHabit Natural Foods
The Ritchie Family by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ritchie Ann Simpson by Ms. Daryl F. Walker
Margaret Spallek by Mrs. Helen R. Pinckney Mary L. Storie by Stephen K. Zaytoun
The Scotts Hill Gang by Sam Rankin
Charles and Susie Wakild by Paul and Sara Sinal Susie Ward by Judith G. McCrudden Pam Watkins by Anonymous William P. Whitlow by Richard Miner Mark Wilde-Ramsing by Dixie Wyant
Eric R. Calhoun by Ms. Marilyn Anderson
Edward Barclay Gerald A. Barrett
Charles Beasley
Stephen and Louise Coggins David Huffine and Susan Stern Annie G. Lane Kim McCaskill
Jeffrey Neelon John P. Preyer Emily B. Ragsdale
C. R. Rayburn
Rob Culp by Emily B. Ragsdale Mary C. Dunham by John T. Cox
Theodora C. Emery by Martha Pitcairn
Frances Inglis by Robert Perry and Katherine Crawford
Dell Ipock by Bob and Carol Mattocks
Kelly Marquis by Sarah Birkedal
May W. Moore by Hailey Brady Sonny Lee Morton by John P. Arrowood
William Johnson
Darrell Jones
William R. Lathan
Harry J. MacDonald
Dick Staunch
Linda Staunch
Teeny Tait
Susan H. Rappaport by Mr. Robert F. Coleman III
G. S. Rehder by Julie Rehder
David A. Richie by Mrs. Catherine Richie
Dalton Ruffin by Emily B. Ragsdale
Jim Stephenson by Sally Anger Jane and Paul Heill Bruce Watkins by Pam Watkins
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Answer: B. The Two-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma means) can grow up to four feet in length. This salamander species occurs throughout the Southeast and lives in hardwood and cypress swamps, small ponds, canals and streams and prefers bodies of water with detritus and debris.
This two-toed amphiuma was found on a property in Bertie County which is proposed for acquisition by Coastal Land Trust and which may be added to the Salmon Creek State Natural Area.
Anonymous (4)
Janice and Dave Allen
Melanie Allen
David Arneke
Maggie Ashburn and Rich Mason
William S. Barbour
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barker
Agnes R. Beane
Randy and Betty Ann Beardsworth
Mrs. Lillian Benton
Capt. and Mrs. Ben Bowditch Jr. Nancy and John Bray
Mr. Michael C. Brown Jr. and Ms. Jane Haskell Fox
David and Hannah Brownlow
Mary Calhoun
Bruce B. Cameron IV
Rachel L. Cameron
Steve and Jan Capps
Betty Clarke
Berry Collier
Mr. W. Thompson Comerford, Jr.
Sam and Sherry Cook
Diana G. Corbett
E. B. Cox
Dr. I. Alan Craig
Peter and Cay Davis
Bob and Lindy Emory
Jen Esham
Michael and Diane Foster
Charlotte Noel Fox
John Fussell
Frances Goodman Deanes and Mary Gornto
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Haley III Ms. Gael M. Hawkins in Memory of William Miller Royster and Kathryn Hedgepeth Camilla Herlevich and Jim Brier
Martin and Cynthia Hichens
Mr. Tom Hollinshed and Ms. Katherine Lange Hannah and Stephanie Holt Greg and Eden Honeycutt
Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Hooper
Patricia A. Horstman
Alice and George Horton
Paul and Liz Hosier
David Huffine and Susan Stern
Tommy Hughes
Otis* and Theresa Hurd
Julia Hutcherson
Tommy Hutcherson
Bob Jones and Peggy Sloan
Jason and Erica Kesler
Laurie and Aaron King Dr. and Mrs. Gary G. Koch Edythe Ledbetter
Mr. Thomas R. Leidy Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Lorenz Page and Herb Lowry Dickson and Nina McLean Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. McMerty Jane M. McNeer
Hannah McOwen and Philip R. Forslund Andrew K. McVey
William and Susan Meggs
Clint and Kathy Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Misner
Rob and Nancy Moul
Linda and Reid Murchison
Mr. Michael Murchison and Ms. Barbara Sullivan
John C. Nicholls Jr. Clint and Amy Brown North Edward and Susan Norvell Linda and Sam Pearsall
Robert Perry and Katherine Crawford Mrs. and Mr. Cotesworth Pinckney
Caroll Gray-Preston and Anna Gray Stark Will and Jenny Purvis
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Raney Jr. Jim Reddoch
Dr. and Mrs. Stan Riggs Dr. Norm Robinson and The Reverend Hannah Vaughan Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Rose
Pat Rowlett Ms. Laura Beth Sedlock
James Shelton
Ann and Bland Simpson
Mr. Willis Slane and Ms. Caroline Chiles Bryan, Cheryl and Peyton Smith Mr. Michael Snyder and Ms. Melissa Wilson Annie Gray Sprunt
David and Wesie Sprunt Fred and Alice Stanback Nancy Stanback Jane and Scott Sullivan Bill and Rosie Sweeney Judy Thomas Gary and Jennings Trawick Pam B. Vinson
Wynn Wagenseil
Mr. and Mrs. DeWayne Singleton
Mr. and Mrs. John Ward
Mr. Richard Weisman and Ms. Michelle Bannan
Robert E. Wells
Mr. and Mrs. Brian West
Laura and Robert West
Margaret Whisenhunt George and Lynda Wood
* Deceased
Angel Oak Creative, LLC
Blue Heron Asset Management
Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation
Cedar Hill West Bank Heritage Foundation
CJB Foundation
Dan Cameron Family Foundation
Duke Energy Foundation
F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
Fox Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Harold H. Bate Foundation
Historic Wilmington Foundation, Inc.
The Longleaf Foundation
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Alice Zawadzki Land Conservation Fund of the North Carolina Native Plant Society
Open Space Institute Land Trust, Inc.
Orton Foundation, LLC
Point Clan, LLC
The Eddie and Jo Allison Smith
Family Foundation
The Community Foundation of NC East
The Conservation Alliance
The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina
The Paynter Law Firm, PLLC
The True North Foundation
uS Endowment for Forestry and Communities Grant through Enviva Forest Conservation Fund
William A. Stern Foundation
NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund
NC Department of Justice
North Carolina Department of Transportation
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
State of North Carolina
uS Air Force
uS Fish and Wildlife Service
uS Navy
“I believe that as citizens and human beings, our greatest responsibility and ethical call is stewardship of the Earth. As I see it, that means to support environmental conservation, preservation and restoration – to preserve and protect diversity of plant and animal species and the native habitats of those species, and to stop and reverse global warming and other deleterious effects we human beings and our civilization have on the environment.”
Everett Bowman, 1953-2016To find out how you can include the Coastal Land Trust in your estate planning, contact vann pearsall at 910-790-4524 ext. 2100.
Coastal Land Trust Board
Member Laurie McComas King shared a message on Facebook to promote the November Red Beans and Bluegrass: Join me at this fun event [Red Beans and Bluegrass], and become a member of the Coastal Land Trust in the process!
After listening to a podcast a couple months ago about the Amazon rainforest burning, and the political challenges around protecting that land, one major point stuck out to me: “Charity begins at home”. I fully support protecting and saving the Amazon, but I have been a member of the NC Coastal Land Trust for a few years, and recently joined their board, because there are lots of beautiful lands right here in Coastal North Carolina that I’ve enjoyed all my life, and want to make sure they’re protected for my children and future generations to enjoy as well. Without realizing their involvement, you’ve probably visited and enjoyed some of these local places CLT helped protect, and there are many more on the wish list yet to save. (check it out here: https://coastallandtrust.org/ lands-categories/).
Coastal Land Trust events, field trips, and educational outings showcase the joy of nature.
George Beatty, President of the Rice Festival Board, talks with AmeriCorps Service Member Kelsey Kirwan at the board field trip to Reaves Chapel.
Pictured is the existing Wildlife Resources boat ramp at Salter’s Creek. What’s new, however, is that Wildlife Resources has now added our Salter’s Creek tract—the 4,000 acres we transferred to them this summer—to their Carteret County Game Land, and it is open to hunting 6 days a week!
A lovely day to be outside and to thank our service members! Hikers were able to join, not one veteran, but two during their hike at Gales Creek.
The veterans hike leaders were Michael
Snyder, kneeling in front, and Andrew DeGiovanni, standing in back wearing a hoodie with “uS Navy” on the front. They each shared a story about their service. Most of the participants were also current
service members and travelled from Jacksonville for the event. A recent controlled burn which left the preserve looking really great provided some talking points about land management.
