A CONSERVANCY CONVERSATION By: Andy Wood, Conservation Ecologist A young Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) surveys a rainpool inside a Northeast New Hanover Conservancy property in the gated Landfall community. This sharp-eyed bird of prey eats mice, frogs, lizards, snakes, and other small animals. Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates sphenocephala) were on the hawk’s menu this day.… Continue reading A CONSERVANCY CONVERSATION
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Landfall Conservation Areas
The NORTHEAST NEW HANOVER CONSERVANCY (NENHC) may be the smallest land trust you’ve never heard-of, but in truth, other than Landfall Associates, we are the largest single land-owner inside Landfall (more than 100 acres owned in fee simple and more than 420 acres that we protect in accordance with deeds of conservation). The NORTHEAST NEW… Continue reading Landfall Conservation Areas
Nature Trails
NATURE TRAILS Our nature trails within Landfall have suffered from storm damage over the years. They were originally designed as walking trails but we hope to improve them enough for bicycles. This will be done in a nature sensitive way without using impervious surfaces. The climate is causing the wetlands to fill more than normal… Continue reading Nature Trails
NENHC Updates
This has been another busy year for the Northeast New Hanover Conservancy! Florence was not kind to our conservation areas and we are still getting notified of fallen trees near homes that are in conservation areas near residences. We are fortunate that the adjacent landowners are helping by removing broken trees when it is deemed… Continue reading NENHC Updates
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS SALAMANDER?
This Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum), is a three-inch long burrowing amphibian that dwells in hardwood forests prone to periodic flooding from rainfall. Adult marbled salamanders live amid leaf litter where they find earthworms and insects to eat. In autumn, adult salamanders migrate to isolated woodland pocket ponds to reproduce. After mating, the female seeks shelter… Continue reading HAVE YOU SEEN THIS SALAMANDER?
Landfall Nature Trails
Our nature trails within Landfall suffered damage from Florence. They had already had damage from previous storms and we are embarking on a program to repair them. They were originally designed as walking trails but we hope to improve them enough for bicycles. This will be done in a nature sensitive way without using impervious… Continue reading Landfall Nature Trails
Update from NENHC
This has been another busy year for the Northeast New Hanover Conservancy! Hurricane Florence was not kind to our conservation areas and we have been working on cleaning up the nature trails and some of the conservation areas near residences. We are fortunate that the adjacent landowners are helping by removing broken trees when it… Continue reading Update from NENHC
2017 Year in Review
This has been another busy year for the Northeast New Hanover Conservancy! In addition to conducting habitat assessment and data collection for monitoring reports, we also implemented on-the-ground management projects including removal of potentially hazardous storm-damaged trees adjacent to Conservancy neighbors. Other completed works included enhancement projects to improve the appearance and ecosystem function in… Continue reading 2017 Year in Review