Our Mission

Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy partners with landowners and organizations to protect land and water resources vital to our natural heritage and quality of life. Dedicated to saving the places you love, CMLC works to permanently conserve and actively care for an ever-growing regional network of locally and nationally significant farm, forest, park and natural lands.

What’s New at CMLC?

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Now Accepting Applications for 2012-2013 AmeriCorps Project Conserve Service Term

AmeriCorps Project Conserve is now accepting applications for 32 public service positions at 20 environmental non-profits across western North Carolina that focus on land conservation, water quality, energy conservation and local agriculture. Application deadline is May 22. Application Process & Timeline...

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Cherokee Basket Weaving Demonstration & Guided River Cane Tour - May 12th @ 2:00pm at Fletcher Park

Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy presents Cherokee artisan, James W. Long, who will demonstrate traditional river cane weaving and dying techniques, Saturday, May 12 at 2:00pm at the Fletcher Community Park. After the presentation, CMLC will lead a guided tour of the Cane Creek greenway highlighting recent projects that...

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Read CMLC's Spring 2012 Landscape Newsletter & Annual Report

In this issue: 2011 - A Year in Review Protecting the Blue Ridge & Beyond; Conservation Through Inspiration by CMLC Executive Director Kieran Roe; New Trail Access to Florence Nature Preserve Completed; 2011 Annual Report, Financial Summary & Donor Listings; Our Newest Yellow Lady Slipper Volunteer:...

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Take the CMLC Hiking Challenge - Earn Free Gear from Mast General Store!

Explore. Discover. Preserve. What You Do: Complete 8 Hikes What You Get: Hiking Patch, Free Hiking Gear Why You Should Do It: Have Fun, Support Land Conservation The CMLC Hiking Challenge encourages outdoor enthusiasts—and anyone interested in keeping western North Carolina’s mountains...

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Saving More Than Mountains: Timeless History Protected at Alexander's Ford

Alexander’s Ford certified as part of the Overmountain Victory Trail; protected forever It was October 4, 1780. A patriot army of some 1,600 men made camp for the night on the banks of the Green River at a crossing that would later become known as Alexander’s Ford. The militia had traveled nearly 300...

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Green River Preserve: Battle at the Headwaters

Sandy Schenck, and his wife, Missy, permanently protected more than 2,600 acres of their Green River Preserve (GRP), a summer camp in southwest Henderson County, with a conservation easement held by Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy in 2006. The Preserve is more than worthy of permanent conservation. But the...

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