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The High Country Press is reporting the following. The Blue Ridge Conservancy and National Committee for the New River recently announced achievements in land conservation. The N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund provided funding for two local projects. Blue Ridge Conservancy John and Faye Cooper, owners of Mast General Store, have donated a conservation easement [...] “To photograph truthfully is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live in all things.” – Ansel Adams (landscape photographer, 1902-1984) Time is an element in each moment of our lives. Everything we do like driving to work, taking a vacation or even capturing a photograph occurs [...] Another big chunk of North Carolina mountain property was recently protected from development. An 8,000-acre tract that is the largest privately-owned wilderness in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains has been placed under contract to conservation groups for $33 million, they said today. The Hendersonville-based Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and the Conservation Fund, a national group, said they [...] The mountains of North Carolina are blessed with an abundance of natural beauty, wide open vistas, and recreational opportunities. Some of the best of these can be found in the areas State Parks. Located in the swath of counties that comprise this mountain region are ten State Parks. In the Piedmont just off the Blue [...] |
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