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Run for Green 2012 Set for September 15

Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by Davidson Lands Conservancy.

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The Davidson Lands Conservancy is again sponsoring Run for Green, a series of races that support our efforts to protect land and educate the public about the benefits of nature and open spaces. This year’s Run for Green will be held on Saturday, September 15, and will again feature a half-marathon, 10K and 5K. To [...]

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DLC To Host Aldo Leopold Movie

Posted on 21. Jan, 2012 by Davidson Lands Conservancy.

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Join us in the 900 Room of the Davidson College Union for a screening of Green Fire! See the first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold and his environmental legacy! Green Fire shares highlights from his extraordinary career, explaining how he shaped conservation and the modern environmental movement. It also illustrates how Leopold’s vision [...]

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Bluebirds

Posted on 17. Dec, 2011 by Davidson Lands Conservancy.

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Did you know that Paul McCartney has written 4 songs with a bird in the title? While ‘Bluebird’ isn’t the best of the songs (I think ‘Blackbird’ deserves that honor), I do think the bluebird is one of the most beautiful of birds. And, while it’s not even quite winter just yet, the bluebird is [...]

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Community School Gift Fair to Benefit DLC

Posted on 06. Dec, 2011 by Davidson Lands Conservancy.

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Visit the Community School of Davidson’s gift fair this Friday and help support the Davidson Lands Conservancy or other area non-profits. From the Community School of Davidson: Our 9th and 10th grade students have worked tremendously hard over the last three weeks to organize CSD’s 2nd annual Alternative Gift Fair, which we’re calling Gifts for the [...]

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Big Gains in Voluntary Land Conservation Despite Recession

Posted on 15. Nov, 2011 by Davidson Lands Conservancy.

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Land Trusts Conserve 10 Million U.S. Acres, Outpace Major Government Land Acquisition Program Land Trusts See Increased Budgets and Endowments, Add Staff and Volunteers in Down Economy Davidson, NC – The first census of land trusts in five years found 10 million new acres conserved nationwide since 2005, including 339,669 acres—this represents a 64% [...]

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Is This Davidson’s Biggest Tree?

Posted on 11. Nov, 2011 by Davidson Lands Conservancy.

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Can you help the Davidson Lands Conservancy locate Davidson’s biggest tree? Vice-president Rodney Graham’s two children went looking for big trees with their grandmother Betty Leavengood on Friday and Saturday, and came back with what well may be the biggest tree in Davidson. Measurements were taken of the circumference of trees at a height 4 [...]

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Hundreds Turn Out for Annual Meeting!

Posted on 06. Nov, 2011 by Davidson Lands Conservancy.

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Hundreds of attendees enjoyed the Davidson Lands Conservancy’s annual meeting under a crisp autumn sky today at the new Mecklenburg County Park in Davidson. Our meeting celebrated not only the past year’s accomplishments, but also served to offer a sneak peak of this beautiful 243 acre park. Attendees enjoyed photography by Russ Gavitt, pine cone [...]

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Rotary Club Making Wreaths for Charity

Posted on 30. Oct, 2011 by Davidson Lands Conservancy.

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The Davidson Rotary Club is selling Christmas wreaths to benefit local charities such as the Ada Jenkins Center and the Davidson Cornelius Child Development Center. The wreaths are handcrafted in Ashe County North Carolina, and may be picked up at Christmas in Davidson from December 1-3, or for an additional $10 you may have them [...]

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Fall Newsletter Now Online!

Posted on 26. Oct, 2011 by Davidson Lands Conservancy.

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The fall 2011 edition of the Davidson Lands Conservancy newsletter is now online. Please go to the ‘newsletters’ link at the top of our website and select the link for Fall 2011. Or, just click here. This newsletter features articles about the new 243 county park at the site of the former Abersham development, Run [...]

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Nature Festival and Annual Meeting November 6

Posted on 11. Oct, 2011 by Davidson Lands Conservancy.

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The Davidson Lands Conservancy (DLC) will sponsor a Nature Festival in conjunction with their Annual Meeting on Sunday, November 6, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event will be held at the former Abersham property, recently acquired by Mecklenburg County, which will become a 243-acre Davidson park. The general public is invited a “sneak peek” of the new property and to join [...]