Stewardship
Stewardship Program Goals and Objectives
As a result of an in-depth strategic planning process in 2005, PLC set forth the following goals for PLC’s Stewardship Program:
- Identify and work with willing landowners to permanently protect native plants, animals, and natural communities; conserve farm land and areas with significant geographical features and scenic beauty;
- Manage PLC Preserves and make them accessible to the public as appropriate; and
- Recognize and encourage personal and community responsibility for conserving our natural heritage.
To achieve these goals, PLC set these stewardship objectives:
- Develop an effective stewardship program that differentiates stewardship of PLC Preserves and
Easements; - Develop management procedures that enhance biological diversity and open PLC Preserves for public access, education, research and conservation demonstration projects whenever possible;
- Develop management plans for PLC Preserves that protect and improve their ecological function;
- Develop volunteer resources that help maintain and manage PLC Preserves; and
- Collaborate with the environmental education community to provide educational opportunities on PLC Preserves.
If PLC’s Stewardship Program did not meet these obligations, land protection would be meaningless. By meeting these obligations, PLC permanently protects land and helps ensure future generations will have clean water to drink, clean air to breathe, and fresh food to eat. Through effective stewardship, PLC is protecting the nature of the Piedmont while creating a legacy of protected lands that balances preservation and growth.
