Blue Ridge Conservancy is pleased to announce the hiring of Tana McLean as the organization’s first Stewardship Associate. McLean joins the stewardship team to support Director of Stewardship Ben Lucas in the yearly monitoring, management, and protection of over 200 conservation easements and preserves.
Read MoreBlue Ridge Conservancy and The Conservation Fund announce the purchase of a critical 1-acre inholding on Grandmother Mountain near Linville, NC. The property is located within the boundary of the Blue Ridge Parkway, which is managed by the National Park Service. This land is the final puzzle piece to a 210-acre procurement that TCF transferred to the National Park Service in 1998.
Read MoreBlue Ridge Conservancy and the Land for Tomorrow coalition thank the North Carolina General Assembly for making a strong investment in the Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund through the 2026 state budget while maintaining stable funding for the N.C. Land and Water Fund and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. In addition, the General Assembly authorized the creation of the Brushy Mountains State Natural Area, an initiative spearheaded by BRC and Foothills Conservancy of NC.
Read MoreThe Access Fund, a national advocacy organization dedicated to creating and protecting access to rock climbing areas, honored Blue Ridge Conservancy with the 2025 Land Conservation Award in March, and recently announced the Conservancy is a recipient of a 2026 Climbing Conservation Grant. Both awards are related to BRC’s decades-long efforts to purchase and protect the Howard Knob boulders in Boone, North Carolina.
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