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North Carolina Publications
newsletters, brochures, annual reports
The North Carolina Chapter puts out three Afield newsletters a year - Spring/Summer, Fall and Winter. Each issue highlights conservation success stories in our state and profiles the people who are helping to make this possible.
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2012
Venus Flytrap Brochure
These amazing plants are native to only a small area in North and South Carolina.
Afield: Green Swamp Preserve on the Grow (Winter 2012)
In this issue: new tract improves burning ability, Venus flytrap and pitcher plant habitat in the Green Swamp; Area students assist on the Roanoke; Donors with a passion for the French botanist Andre Michaux.
2011
2011 Annual Report
Skip Pudney tells the story of the Green Swamp with amazing pictures; Disability trail open in Nags Head Woods; Another banner year for controlled burning; Morrison Foundation gives TNC a non-traditional gift - and more. [pdf]
Conservation 365 Brochure
Conservation doesn't end after property is acquired - many of our employees spend their days restoring, monitoring and stewarding conserved property. [pdf]
Afield: Military Driving Sandhills Conservation Success (Fall 2011)
In this issue: Conservation in the Sandhills is going strong thanks to our partnership with the military; Trail for people with disabilities opens up at Nags Head Woods; Visiting ancient baldcypress trees on the Black River; Little Yellow Mountain Summit Protection Complete. [pdf]
Mountains Prescribed Fire Brochure
TNC is bringing back prescribed fire to the mountains, an area which has been overlooked for this kind of stewardship until recently. [pdf]
Afield: Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge Grows (Spring 2011)
In this issue: How TNC is helping the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge to expand; How our climate change pilot project is moving ahead; A newly discovered pest could alter the Coastal Plain; Jeannine Reese explains her passion of nature journaling. [pdf]
Afield: Sandhills Conservation Partnership (Winter 2011)
In this issue: 10 years of conservation in the Sandhills; Update on Big Yellow Mountain management; Fire's importance to Angola Creek Flatwoods Preserve in Pender County; Our new Director of Philanthropy; and protecting the Sugarloaf Bluff tract on the Black River. [pdf]
2010
2010 Annual Report
Read about the North Carolina Chapter's accomplishments in our 2010 Annual Report. [pdf]
Nutria Brochure
A pamphlet about an invasive animal impacting NC: Nutria (large rodents native to South America) have destroyed tens of thousands of acres of marsh and wetlands on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. With diligence, we can keep them from becoming a major problem in our state. [pdf]
Afield: Endangered Species Drive Savanna Conservation (Fall 2010)
In this issue: TNC's work on the rare golden sedge in the Onslow Bight; Some unusual birds that call NC their temporary home; The Conservancy's first large mountain burn; and, Building oyster reefs at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. [pdf]
Adapting to Climate Change Brochure
See the ways TNC is helping the species-rich Albemarle Peninsula more resiliant to climate change - offshore, onshore and inland. [pdf]
Afield: Improving Controlled Burning (Spring/Summer 2010)
In this issue: How TNC helped the U.S. Forest Service to better predict smoke behavior from wildfires; a TNC staffer visits Zambia as a Conservancy Global Fellow; an update on the Albemarle Climate Change Adaptation Project; and TNC's new Director of Science, Cat Burns. [pdf]
Southeastern Coastal Plain Brochure
Brunswick County is home to an assortment of rare plants and animals which have benefited from years of conservation work. Read more about these great places, including TNC's Green Swamp and Boiling Spring Lakes Preserves. [pdf]
Prescribed Fire Brochure
Learn about the ways fire is helpful to the ecosystems which have depended on it for thousands of years. [pdf]
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