Our North Carolina Forever Partner Spotlight series highlights a different NC Forever partner monthly, delving into their core mission, and how each unique partner provides valuable insight and expertise to our consensus-based mission to conserve our state’s land and water resources. For more than 40 years, one NC Forever partner has worked to protect…
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Our North Carolina Forever Partner Spotlight series highlights a different NC Forever partner monthly, delving into their core mission, and how each unique partner provides valuable insight and expertise to our consensus-based mission to conserve our state’s land and water resources. When it comes to the rivers and streams that define North Carolina’s landscape, few…
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Our North Carolina Forever Partner Spotlight series highlights a different NC Forever partner monthly, delving into their core mission, and how each unique partner provides valuable insight and expertise to our consensus-based mission to conserve our state’s land and water resources. Site Collaborative, a Raleigh-based landscape architecture firm, works with municipal governments, architects, engineers, and…
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Though writing more than 200 years ago about a highland peak an ocean away, MacIntyre could have been writing about Grandfather Mountain, the North Carolina highland peak draped in its own “flawless green raiment.” It was atop that iconic mountain where members of NC Forever, the United Kingdom’s Embassy and Consulate Staff, and Brooks Pierce gathered to discuss the intersection of economic development and conservation.
It was a day spent discussing big problems, big problems that everyone in the room acknowledged could only be solved through collaboration and partnership
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On April 9th NC Forever presented its second annual Lands and Waters Conservation Budget Briefing to a partners, conservation stakeholders, and others at the offices of Brooks Pierce in Raleigh. The briefing highlighted the work NC Forever has done, is doing, and plans to do on behalf on NC’s lands and waters and gave insight…
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Please join us for the NC Forever 2024 Land and Water Conservation Budget Briefing on April 9th from 3-5pm in person at Brooks Pierce’s Raleigh Office or virtually through Zoom. The briefing will highlight the work NC Forever has done, is doing, and plans to do on behalf on NC’s lands and waters and will give…
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(Raleigh, NC) North Carolina Forever, a consensus-based non-profit organization whose mission is to advocate for state funds and related policies needed to conserve and protect North Carolina’s lands and waters, has released an updated “Land and Water Conservation Highlights” report. Building on a report issued in 2018, this 2023 update highlights the importance and urgency…
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On November 1, NC Forever held a virtual Budget Briefing on North Carolina conservation funding. The presentation featured NC Forever Chair and NC Recreation and Parks Association Executive Director Michelle Wells, NC Budget Director Kristin Walker, NC Department of Environment Secretary Elizabeth Biser, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary D. Reid Wilson, and NC…
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NC Forever, a unique coalition of businesses and non-profit organizations that share a commitment to conservation of North Carolina’s lands and waters, will be holding a virtual budget briefing on state conservation funding on November 1, 2022 starting at 3PM. The briefing will feature many state leaders including NC Forever Chair and NC Recreation and…
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The NC Forever board of directors held a weekend board retreat at Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary Lodge in Corolla, NC on the Outer Banks. The weekend consisted of varoius activities like visiting the Currituck Maritime Museum which includes “historic boats, artifacts, and other displays that will tell the stories of local businesses and citizens who…
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