North Carolina Legislative Building, Raleigh.
As budget plans begin to gel in Raleigh, it’s growing more likely that North Carolina’s Land and Water Fund, a longtime driver of clean water and conservation projects in the state, could receive funding this cycle at levels not seen in more than a decade.
The fund, which was formed under the 2013 merger of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund and the Natural Heritage Fund, issued just over $21 million in grants in its last cycle from a list of applications totaling four times that amount. One of several areas of state government not funded through one of last year’s mini budgets, the Land and Water Fund appropriation has remained where it was in 2018. This year’s Senate budget calls for upping that amount considerably to $73.2 million in this fiscal year and $53.2 million next year.
Three Rivers Land Trust permanently conserves 266 additional acres on Poison Fork Creek This new conservation property builds off an additional 255 acres that was also protected by the TRLT in 2019, to bring the total acres conserved to 521 (Source: Three Rivers Land Trust) By David Whisenant | February 17, 2021 at 6:20 AM EST - Updated February 17 at 6:20 AM
SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - Salisbury-based Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) has announced the recent conservation of 266 acres in Randolph County, North Carolina. This new conservation property builds off an additional 255 acres that was also protected by the TRLT in 2019, to bring the total acres conserved to 521. This new conservation land adjoins the Uwharrie National Forest and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Game Lands.
Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) announced the recent conservation of 266 acres on Poison Fork Creek. That brings a total of 521 acres conserved in Randolph County, with the additional