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Piedmont Land Conservancy purchased 70 acres of undeveloped forest in Randolph County on the western side of Ridges Mountain.

In June, Piedmont Land Conservancy transferred 24 acres of historic farmland to the City of Winston-Salem, where it will become a future passive park.

Our New Office We’ve Moved! We have officially moved! If you plan to stop by, be sure to head to our new location: 324 W Wendover Ave, Suite 112, Greensboro, NC 27408 Our new office includes a spacious conference room which means no more scrambling for meeting space every other month for our board meetings!

Piedmont Land Conservancy & Guilford College partner in an effort to raise $8.5 million to protect the historic Guilford Woods in Greensboro

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.

Gift mindfully this year! If there’s a nature lover in your life, consider these earth friendly gift ideas.

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.