The Dirt Blog

The Great Backyard Bird Count at TLC

February 6, 2015

February 13th-February 16th is not only Valentine’s Day weekend, but also the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)! When many people think about February 14th, they envision pink hearts, chocolate, romantic dates, and Hallmark cards; but I dream of all the birds I hope to see smack dab in the middle of the GBBC weekend […]

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Why Care About Wetlands?

February 2, 2015

A few years ago, I packed my bags and moved to Bloomington, Indiana for graduate school. An eager student, I couldn’t wait to start my classes, especially my first elective, a wetlands biology and restoration class with lab. I had very little experience studying and spending time in these unique ecosystems as most of the […]

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In the Kitchen with TLC: Frittata

January 30, 2015

This week, we’re excited to bring you a recipe by Susan Reda from Learning Outside, a TLC partner organization providing outdoor environmental education experiences at TLC’s J. Logan and Elinor Moore Irvin Nature Preserve in Orange County. If you attended the December grand trail opening event at Horton Grove, you may have even gotten a […]

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Thank Goodness It’s (TGI) Hike Day Series

January 23, 2015

  (Before going outside…) People in industrialized countries, on average, now spend approximately 93 percent of their time indoors. Some sources I found claim that Americans on average spend up to 98% of their indoors, meaning as little as 30 minutes a day are spent outside. While this certainly isn’t true of everyone, and time […]

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TLC Prescribed Burns Q&A

January 21, 2015

On Thursday, January 22, 2015, TLC will be conducting prescribed burns on our Horton Grove Nature Preserve to protect its unique warm season grassland ecosystem and promote oak regeneration in parts of the hardwood forest. TLC will conduct a separate burn at Horton Grove on another date in order to prepare a Pine Savanna for […]

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Raleigh Web Design & SEO Agency

TheeDigital Launched Our New WordPress Website

January 15, 2015

Triangle Land Conservancy is proud to announce the launch of our newly redesigned website, built by TheeDigital, a Raleigh web design and internet marketing company. Our newly redesigned website is built around WordPress, a powerful and easy to use content management system that allows our team to make content, image and video updates with just […]

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2015 New Year’s Resolutions

January 5, 2015

Thank you for supporting Triangle Land Conservancy in 2014! You're probably starting the year off on the right foot by making some new year's resolutions. We wanted to share a few of our resolutions (beyond safeguarding clean water, protecting natural habitats, supporting farms and food, and connecting people with nature) for 2015 with you: Do […]

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TLC’s “10 Biggest Moments” of 2014

December 31, 2014

Community has been at the heart of TLC's work for over 30 years, and this year that value was more apparent than ever. We try not to measure our impact just in “bucks and acres,” but in the lives we touch and the progress made toward a healthier, more vibrant Triangle for all. Donations from […]

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New Traditions for Boxing Day

December 28, 2014

Christmas may be over, but around the world people also celebrated the day after Christmas – Boxing Day. In Medieval Europe, the poor received their alms and donations the day after Christmas, as did servants and employees of the wealthy aristocracy, resulting in two possible origins of the “Boxing Day” holiday. In fact, the popular […]

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