The upcoming purchase is set to be the first phase in a project to conserve one of the largest undeveloped stretches in ...

In 1972, Selma developer A.Z. Thompson Jr. bought roughly 100 acres of premium land — including a 1930s-era millhouse, lake and dam — in northern Johnson County. Over the years, Thompson added more ...

Photo by Rachel Luna/Getty Images Tim Sweeney, the man behind Epic Games and Fortnite, is buying up thousands of acres in ...

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Over five years ago, the Hedrick family in Davidson County set out to ensure their family farm would remain undeveloped ...

A Western North Carolina-based land trust has now conserved over 50,000 acres of parks, trails, wetlands, working forests and other ecologically vital properties across the state. Hendersonville-based ...

The Southern Environmental Law Center, representing five environmental organizations, filed a federal lawsuit last month against the U.S. Forest Service, opposing a proposed timber harvest in the ...

North Carolina’s western mountains, still healing from Hurricane Helene’s devastation in September 2024, faced a new crisis in early 2025 as wildfires scorched thousands of acres, forcing evacuations ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PEMBROKE, N.C. (WBTW) — Nearly 1,400 acres ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min A "true wilderness" near the ...