Tar River Land Conservancy

Purchased a conservation easement on 61.43 acres in halifax county, which land provides buffers to fishing creek.

Purchased a conservation easement on 33.8 acres in nash county, which land provides buffers to fishing creek.

Tar river land conservancy achieved its land protection mission through the following actions: 4) purchased fee simple title to 57.501 acres in granville county, which land provides buffers to knap of reeds creek. 5) purchased fee simple title to 246.66 acres in nash county, which land provides buffers to fishing creek. 6) acquired fee simple title to 20.11 acres, which land provides buffers to unnamed tributaries in the upper neuse river basin and adjoins a larger tract of trlc protected land. 7) received a donation of a conservation easement to 42.59 acres, which land provides buffers to swift creek. This conservation easement is tied to a mitigation project. 8) purchased fee simple title to 50.07 acres, which land provides buffers to fishing creek. 9) awarded accreditation renewal by the land trust accreditation commission. Renewal of accreditation requires that a land trust demonstrate financial accountability, strong organizational leadership, sound transactions and lasting stewardship of the lands they conserve. 10) spent significant time and resources on land protection projects located in granville county, which lands will provide a buffer for camp butner and local resources. 11) spent significant time and resources on land protection projects located in person county, which lands will provide a buffer for flat river and local resources. 12) spent significant time and resources on land protection projects and outreach to landowners in halifax and nash counties, which lands provide buffers to fishing creek and little fishing creek. 13) monitored conservation easements and fee properties held by trlc. 14) monitored 75 conservation easements held by the state of north carolina. 15) worked to improve the water quality for fishing creek by planting over 30,000 trees, removing old buildings, and decommissioning an animal waste lagoon on a farm formerly used for hog production in halifax county that was purchased by trlc last year. The clean-up and transformation of this property is a multi-year project. 16) continued to improve public access to nature trails in granville county by adding two new trail loops to an existing preserve, by maintaining existing trails through the work of a crew of dedicated local volunteers and other groups, and by working to complete an additional network of trails that should be opened to the public during the next fiscal year.