Stewardship

Stewardship Funding

Early in PLC’s history, the board established the General Stewardship Endowment Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro to provide long-term financial support for PLC’s Stewardship Program. Prior to accepting a potential conservation project, PLC Board policy requires creation of a strategy for its stewardship, including funding, if PLC is to be responsible for the project’s long-term stewardship. In many cases, the landowner provides part or all of the stewardship funding.

Disbursements from the General Stewardship Endowment Fund help cover the costs of the stewardship activities such as posting boundary lines, conducting regular monitoring visits, maintaining landowner relations, investigating potential easement violations, resolving easement violations, and managing PLC Preserves.

In addition to the General Stewardship Endowment Fund, PLC established the Emily Allen Wildflower Preserve Endowment Fund, at the Winston-Salem Foundation, to provide support for the perpetual management of the Emily Allen Wildflower Preserve in Winston-Salem. Contributions to this special fund can be made through either the Winston-Salem Foundation or PLC.