NALT News

North American Land Trust (NALT) is pleased to announce that Patty Kennedy, who has more than 20 years of experience in conservation, has joined the NALT team as its Southeast Program Director. A graduate of Boston College, Kennedy began her career in conservation in 1991 consulting with regulatory agencies, corporations, and policy makers. She specializes

If you enjoy a brisk walk in the woods, you probably don’t want to hike with Sara Johnson. The conservation biologist is known for inspecting every interesting plant she finds, turning what should be a short walk into an epic journey of discovery. “I joke that if you like to go fast don’t hike with

If you have ever visited a garden center, you may have seen the popular Venus flytrap plant for sale. The plant is relatively easy to propagate and inexpensive to grow. However, this cool and carnivorous plant is actually very rare in the wild. So rare that the North Carolina Protected Plant Species List has designated

In two large hoop houses, high above the lakes of Western North Carolina, researchers and volunteers are growing tens of thousands of red spruce trees in an effort to restore the high elevation spruce-fir forests of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These high-elevation forests in the past were decimated by uncontrolled logging and wildfires. Today, Southern