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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Art is everywhere in nature and nature is everywhere is art. Floating leaves, technicolor flowers, dreamy streams, and…. concrete sheep grazing peacefully under a towering tree? A true mix of art and nature! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and local photographer Gary Simpson has thankfully trained his eye on Chatham County. Grand […]
This summer, TLC brought on a communications intern, Laura Whaling, to work with us on communications, and help with the TLC blog and newsletter. Laura is a Journalism major and political science minor at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. This summer she has worked beside Communications Manager Diana Hackenburg and aided her in […]
On Thursday, August 27th, Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC) will present the Conservation for All Farm Tour in partnership with the Conservation Trust of North Carolina (CTNC), Transplanting Traditions Community Farm, and the Orange County Partnership for Young Children. The tour will be held at TLC’s J. Logan and Elinor Moore Irvin Nature Preserve in Orange County […]
This summer, TLC staff and volunteers have had the pleasure of getting to know Duncan Dodson. Duncan is studying environmental science at Duke University and joined TLC this summer through the Stanback Internship Program. Duncan hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma where he spent many formative years as a Boy Scout. “I basically got to experience 12 […]
In August 1992, Margaret Baker Reid donated a conservation easement to Triangle Land Conservancy for 1.4 acres of her property in Raleigh to become a Wildflower Garden. This beautiful and unique property is currently owned by Mr. Robert Mackintosh. Yesterday, Laura Stroud (Conservation & Stewardship Associate) and I went to the property for its annual […]
