While the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite signals a new chapter for our region’s economy, it also underscores the importance of strategic conservation. As PLC continues to expand our farmland preservation initiatives, we know that every acre saved is a step toward a more sustainable and resilient future.
63 Acres Protected Protecting Long Creek Park Looking out across the land, it’s not hard to see that Winston Salem’s Long Creek Park was once a golf course, but efforts are being made to “rewild” parts of the land. As of May 30, 2024, 63 acres of the park are now permanently protected by a …
Eliza MacLean’s passion and pride in the old methods of small family farms were a big part of why she took the step to protect her farmland. Read more about this North Carolina farmland preservation project.
The 110 acre Speer Farm in Boonville in Yadkin County is now forever protected by a conservation agreement. That means the farm can never be developed or subdivided helping to retain the sense of place of rural Boonville.
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The land conservancy business is a hopeful one. We are working to make the world a better place, now and for the future. These are lands worth protecting.
Piedmont Land Conservancy protected Quail Hill Farm, 178 acres of land near Elkin, North Carolina and adjacent to the Mitchell River.
Along the banks of PLC protected land, the endangered Roanoke Logperch was re-introduced to the Mayo River in October of 2023.
Read how you can make an impact on the health of North Carolina through managing your property to mirror our natural and native ecosystems.
Out in the rolling hills of Surry County, more land has been protected along the south fork of the Mitchell River. When Suzie and Dick Everhart first bought these 54 acres, the land was mostly barren. Today, it’s wholly transformed and completely protected.
