VOLUME 24 // ISSUE 1 // Spring 2024
COASTLINES
COASTAL LAND TRUST 2023 PRESERVATION RECAP
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NEWPORT RIVER – WEYERHAEUSER PHASE I TYPE: PURCHASE ACRES: 1,436.9 COUNTY: CARTERET
CHOWAN RIVER BLUFFS PRESERVE TYPE: PURCHASE ACRES: 17.72 COUNTY: BERTIE
TRENT RIVER – OAK GROVE TYPE: PURCHASE ACRES: 402.57 COUNTY: JONES
Just north of Morehead City, this property features a mix of pine timberland, bottomland hardwoods, and estuarine marsh with four miles of frontage along Newport River and Little Creek Swamp.
A new state natural heritage area featuring 90-foot bluffs overlooking the Chowan River and a unique ecosystem of white oak, American beech, and holly rarely found on the North Carolina coast.
Active farmland along the Trent River and adjacent to a Marine Corps landing field. With river access and extensive road frontage, this property was at great risk of residential development.
BAY RIVER – BATE TYPE: PURCHASE & TRANSFER ACRES: 402.57 COUNTY: PAMLICO
MORGAN SWAMP PHASE III TYPE: CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACRES: 70.8 COUNTY: CRAVEN
BRICE’S CREEK PRESERVE TYPE: TRANSFER ACRES: 172.61 COUNTY: CRAVEN
A beautiful property with more than four miles of frontage along the Bay River and Smith and Newton Creeks. It was transferred to the NC Wildlife Resources Commission and added to the Goose Creek Game Land.
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A donated conservation easement along a tributary of Upper Broad Creek. This easement completes the protection of a riparian buffer on both sides of Morgan Swamp.
An exciting project that was years in the making, NCCLT successfully transferred the Brice’s Creek Preserve to Craven County to be managed as a nature park.
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