Piedmont Land Conservancy (PLC) is a nonprofit
conservation land trust
Conservation land trusts are nonprofit organizations that acquire and steward land or conservation easements for the purpose of achieving environmental, agricultural, recreational, and/or species conservation goals. and
charitable organization
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The legal definitio ...
operating in nine northern Piedmont
North Carolina
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counties –
Alamance,
Caswell,
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Guilford
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Randolph Randolph may refer to:
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Rockingham,
Stokes,
Surry and
Yadkin. PLC’s land protection priorities are
watersheds, farmland,
urban green space
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s and natural heritage sites as defined by the
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
PLC is a member of the
Land Trust Alliance
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History
Originally formed as the Land Trust Exchange in Boston on February 22, 1982, Allan Spa ...
It received national accreditation by the Land Trust Alliance in 2010. PLC is also a member of the North Carolina Land Trust Federation, an association of 20 nonprofit North Carolina Land Trusts.
Kathy Treanor and other citizens of
Greensboro, North Carolina founded Piedmont Land Conservancy in 1990.
Mrs. Treanor led PLC until 2002 when Palmer McIntyre became executive director. Charlie Brummitt followed Mrs. McIntyre as executive director in 2003. Kevin Redding became executive director in 2007.
The Conservancy’s first project protected of wetlands at Pinecroft Lake Park in southwest Greensboro. Its first major farmland project protected of Lindale Farm – land that is now surrounded by the city of High Point. PLC’s smallest projects protected a series of half-acre lots for addition to the
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Its largest project protected of
Mitchell River Mitchell River may refer to:
Australia
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*Mitchell River (Western Australia)
Canada
*Mitchell River (Cross River)
*Mitchell River (Quesnel River tributary)
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Watershed in Surry and
Alleghany counties.
Like many land conservancies, PLC receives its funding from multiple sources. One notable source was mitigation for the
2014 Dan River coal ash spill
In February 2014, an Eden, North Carolina facility owned by Duke Energy spilled 39,000 tons of coal ash into the Dan River. The company later pled guilty to criminal negligence in their handling of coal ash at Eden and elsewhere and paid extremel ...
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In its first 25 years, PLC protected more than 22,000 acres.
References
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External links
Piedmont Land Conservancy website
Guidestar profile for PLC
Land trusts in North Carolina