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Times-News: Ross, Gunn help protect NC natural resources

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A letter to the Times-News editor praising Representative Ross and Senator Gunn on their leadership to fund the conservation trust funds. North Carolina lawmakers are fighting to preserve the qualities that make our state one of the top places to live, work and visit. The recently passed state budget will allocate an additional $22.7 million […]

Brand New Look for Land for Tomorrow

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Land for Tomorrow revealed a new logo and website to prepare for the upcoming legislative session. The new branding will position the coalition to work with both parties towards bipartisan collaboration so all can successfully meet North Carolina’s conservation needs. The new logo depicts the land that conservation trust funds work so hard to protect. […]

Preserving The Lindale Farm

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The Lindley family has operated their 182-acre dairy farm in Chatham County since the late 1800s. Neill Lindley, the fifth generation of farmers in the family, still owns and runs the farm today. Lindley took over his family’s farm with his wife Cori in 1982 after graduating from NC State University. In 2009, along with […]

Land for Tomorrow Urges Increased Conservation Funding Following Release of SB 257, Appropriations Act of 2017

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Land for Tomorrow thanks the General Assembly for continuing to fund the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, Parks & Recreation Trust Fund, and Agricultural Development & Farmland Preservation Trust Fund in the Appropriations Act of 2017. However, Land for Tomorrow is concerned that in a year of budget surplus, the General Assembly is appropriating fewer […]

Land for Tomorrow Coalition Gathers Local Legislators for Legislative Forum

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Conservation Organizations Highlighted the Economic Benefits of State Funding RALEIGH –Land for Tomorrow recently gathered members of the NC General Assembly for a legislative forum to highlight the economic benefits of state conservation funding for the mid-coastal region. The region’s major economic assets – agriculture, the military, tourism, hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation – all […]

Proposed Increase to Land and Water Conservation Funding a Win for NC

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The Land for Tomorrow coalition commends Governor Cooper for providing increased, reliable funding for land and water conservation in his recommended budget. Restoring a portion of the real estate conveyance tax to the state’s conservation trust funds as it was originally intended will help provide stable funding for the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the Parks and […]

Hickory Daily Record: Investing in Conservation is Smart Business

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Brad Lail, Hickory resident and City Councilman, believes in the power of investing in conservation priorities. “As the members of the General Assembly work on the state budget, I hope they will continue and grow that support because it is good for the state’s bottom line.” – Brad Lail Read the entire opinion published by […]

General Assembly Budget Support for Land and Water Conservation Praised

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The Land for Tomorrow coalition commends the Legislature for providing more than $22 million in additional funding for the state’s three conservation trust funds. These additional funds help keep the Clean Water Management Trust Fund and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund at level funding from recent years, which will enable conservation groups to continue […]