The newest chapter in Blue Ridge Conservancy’s long-standing partnership with the Valle Crucis Conference Center marks a major milestone for conservation. Recently, the Conference Center granted Blue Ridge Conservancy a conservation easement on 86.7 acres, ensuring that nearly all of its historic campus and headwater streams of Crab Orchard Creek will remain permanently protected.
Read MoreIn her own words: Land Protection and Stewardship Fellow Abbey Rankins on her recent course at Highlands Biological Station
Read MoreBlue 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.
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