by Greg Keener, PLC Development Director – Let’s get this out of the way first: I’m not an accountant, though I’m thrilled to have several in my extended family. I’m not a legal expert, I trust my PLC colleagues with legal degrees on such topics. When you consider the above you might determine I’m not …
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By PLC Conservation Planner, Palmer McIntyre — I have always loved to ride my bicycle and spent many miles in the saddle during my 20s, riding the length of Vermont, down the coast of California, commuting to work in Washington DC, across North Carolina and along the Blue Ridge Parkway. But since then life pulled me …
By PLC Education & Outreach Coordinator, Lynne Dardanell — As we step into August and begin the final countdown to the end of summer (which is often unofficially over when school begins, a college semester starts, or even Labor Day weekend), we should be asking ourselves – have we spent enough time outside? Have we experienced nature, even just …
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 …
