The 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.
Read MoreBlue Ridge Conservancy and Town of Boone held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 17 to officially open the Rivers Park trails and the future southern terminus of the Northern Peaks State Trail. The event also served as the town’s annual Earth Third Friday celebration, with environmentally focused nonprofits tabling at the park to chat with community members.
Read MoreBlue Ridge Conservancy recently purchased 335 acres of forested land in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County. This property adjoins land jointly owned by BRC and Foothills Conservancy of NC. In total, 1,460 acres of land are in conservation ownership.
Read MoreBRC seeks a mission-driven, detail-oriented Stewardship Associate to support the organization’s land stewardship program. This position works closely with the Director of Stewardship to assist with conservation lands monitoring, landowner communications, stewardship documentation, and land management activities on BRC conservation lands.
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