By PLC Land Protection Associate, Josh Horton-Campbell — As a child, I was more impressed by feats of human ingenuity than by the wonders of nature. I grew up on a 12 acre historic farm property located in the former margin between the suburbia of Philadelphia and the open fields of Amish country. The property was …
This time of year when the landscape is waking up from its winter slumber and bursting forth with a vast array of blooms and warmer temperatures, we all want to soak up as much of it as we can, especially the ephemeral wildflowers whose splendor is all too brief! Piedmont Land Conservancy wants you to …
By PLC Legal Intern Mike Casterlow: A few weeks ago, I had an opportunity that many law students very rarely get to experience during an internship: I left the office to explore the outside world. Specifically, I went to visit a piece of property on which PLC has proposed to place an easement. I went …
by PLC Hiker Otis Durham: Months ago, with Greg Keener’s encouragement, I agreed to become a Piedmont Land Conservancy Hike-A-Thon fundraising hiker. I told Greg I’d likely be in Portland, OR visiting my daughter. “No problem. Hike wherever you are!” I assumed this would give me good motivation to get out in the grandeur and …
by PLC Legal Intern Paula (Marie) Booth: Over the course of the last two weeks I had the opportunity to participate in field trips with 3rd and 8th graders at PLC’s Knight Brown Nature Preserve. The preserve is a beautiful 190-acre piece of property that has three wonderful hiking trails. Each trail had stations set …
by PLC Stewardship Director Ken Bridle: Vision and the ability to see the world around us is very important to us. A large portion of our brain is dedicated to making sense of what we see around us. We also know that the brain has many short cuts and streamlining tricks to limit the amount …
by PLC Legal Intern Paula (Marie) Booth: Over the course of the last several weeks I had become increasingly frustrated with the constant use of electronics in my house. When I was a child I spent almost all of my time outside exploring the woods, investigating neat looking plants, and jumping over creeks. My …
A follow-on post about Wolf Island Prairie by PLC Land Owner Mike Vaughan: Sharing a note from a recent morning after a late summer rain ….Because of the rain last night I figured that the Collies and I might find a Box turtle on our prairie walk this morning. Even so, I was surprised, when …
by PLC Land Owner Mike Vaughan: At the back of my mind, a little voice whispered an old Chinese saying that we should be careful what we ask of the gods. It’s January 2016, and I’m talking to Brandon Price, whom I’ve contracted to carry out a prescribed burn on 20 acres of our land …
by PLC Executive Director Kevin Redding: I recently had an opportunity to spend a day along the Dan River with biologists from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. While I was hoping to sample the waters for some of the hard-fighting smallmouth bass known to roam the river, the biologists were focused a bit lower in …
