Water

Announcing the 2024 TLC Photo Challenge

January 17, 2024

TLC’s photo contest is back! After a year hiatus, we’re excited to kick off 2024 with this exciting challenge and see our nature preserves through your camera lenses. This year, our photo challenge will feature four categories that represent each of TLC’s four public benefits of land protection: safeguarding clean water, protecting natural habitats, supporting […]

Read More

Triangle Land Conservancy conserves 248 acres in Chatham County

November 21, 2023

In June, TLC permanently conserved 248 acres of undeveloped, forested land located between Fearrington Village and Jordan Lake. This beautiful property contains wetlands, streams, and steep slopes that are unusual for the area and critical to the region. The property directly abuts the B. Everett Jordan Dam and Lake, one of the largest sources of […]

Read More

TLC Protects More of Important Aquatic Habitat in Johnston County

June 12, 2023

TLC is excited to announce the protection of 17 acres along Middle Creek in Johnston County!  This purchase marks the first time since the Bailey & Sarah Williamson Preserve that Johnston County has directly funded a TLC project. Last year, Johnston County committed $625,000 to local land-protection efforts, which has allowed TLC and partners to […]

Read More

Meet the Neuse River Waterdog!

April 12, 2023

By Hannah Royal, Stewardship Associate The Neuse River Waterdog is an endemic species of aquatic salamander only found in the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico River basins of North Carolina. Also known as the Carolina Mudpuppy, it is one of three species of “mudpuppy” found in the state with the others found exclusively in the mountains and […]

Read More

86 Acres of Farmland Protected in Wake County

November 3, 2022

By Musolé Kambinda, Communications Manager Protecting farmland is crucial to sustain local food systems, habitats, and water. In September, Triangle Land Conservancy secured an 86-acre agricultural conservation easement on a farm in Zebulon in Wake County. “This was the first TLC farmland project in Wake County that matched Federal and State funding resources with local […]

Read More

574 acres protected since July

January 12, 2021

Between July and December 2020, TLC’s Conservation team has worked diligently to protect an additional 574 acres of land! In December alone, our team protected 399 acres through Conservation Easements, which are agreements that place legal restrictions on the property to permanently protect the natural resources and limit future development.  TLC staff monitors these eased […]

Read More

Why does TLC close trails when wet?

January 7, 2021

Since 2017, TLC has been pleased to offer trails to the public for mountain biking as well as hiking at the George and Julia Brumley Family Nature Preserve and more recently in September 2020 with the opening of the Bailey and Sarah Williamson Preserve. The close proximity to the city centers has made it especially […]

Read More

Find a TLC Nature Preserve Near You