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Follow Along with the BioBlitz

October 16, 2015

Here’s what we’ve found at Brumley Forest. For more photos and fun, find TLC on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and NatureServe on Facebook and Twitter. Click here for the BioBlitz schedule and click here for directions to Brumley Forest. The BioBlitz ends at 4pm! View more observations near Brumley Forest Nature Preserve on iNaturalist.org » […]

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Passionate Volunteers Make New Connections in the Triangle

October 14, 2015

By Laura Smith Bob Stoothoff has lived all over the country, but for the last two years he and his wife, Cindy, have called the Triangle home. When they arrived, they were interested in finding a local, reputable environmental organization they could support. They found out about Triangle Land Conservancy through the another conservation organization […]

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Brumley Forest Nature Preserve pond

See the Monarch Migration This Saturday

October 8, 2015

By Laura Smith It all started a few years ago when volunteers for Friends of Sandy Creek Park planted a bunch of milkweed and other pollinator plants. Milkweed is the only source of food for Monarch butterflies. As payment for all their hard work, last year dozens of Monarchs showed up on their remarkable fall […]

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Food with an Address, Not a Barcode

September 30, 2015

Adapted from the Fall 2015 issue of Conservation Connections Ryan and Alicia Butler moved from Baltimore, Maryland to a rural farm in Durham back in 2007. Alicia’s father and TLC board member Norris Cotton owned the land at the time. Aside from a farmer who owned a few head of cattle, the farm was sitting […]

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yellow throated warbler by carol tuskey

First Ever BioBlitz Will Be Fun For Members and Naturalists Alike

September 22, 2015

Yellow-throated Warbler by Carol Tuskey Five types of warblers and fall-blooming wildflowers are among the things that might be seen at Triangle Land Conservancy’s BioBlitz on October 17, 2015. Brumley Forest Nature Preserve will be the site for this BioBlitz event which brings the public together with nature experts to perform a base inventory of […]

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Tales from the Field: A Mayberry State of Mind

September 16, 2015

Life in the Triangle seems to move so fast, everyone rushing to get from place A to place B so they can cross some random task off their mile-long to-do list. I frequently, and happily, find myself stuck at the railroad crossings in downtown Cary going to and from home. Looking around at the other […]

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Membership Day 2015

See You at Today’s Membership Day

September 12, 2015

UPDATE 9/12/15 at 6:45AM: So far it’s cloudy with no rain, so we will be out at the farm celebrating! TLC members can join us anytime between 8:30am and 1pm for hiking, hayrides, cornhole, cake, music, and more! When: Saturday, September 12, 8:30am-1:00pm Where: TLC’s Irvin Farm Nature Preserve, 2912 B Jones Ferry Rd. Chapel […]

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Controlled Burn at Horton Grove Nature Preserve

TLC to Conduct Prescribed Burn at Irvin Farm

September 2, 2015

Contact Information: Walt Tysinger, 919-428-3859 Matt Rutledge, 864-201-9632 WHO:  TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY & CORPS OF FIRE PROFESSIONALS WHAT: PRESCRIBED BURN AT IRVIN FARM WHERE: J. LOGAN AND ELINOR MOORE IRVIN FARM  From Chapel Hill, take W. Main Street south. Stay straight onto Jones Ferry Road and go 4.3 miles. On the left, go past a […]

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