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Message from the President

I hope this note finds you safe and healthy and that you have enjoyed some outdoor time. The Conservancy is glad we made it through hurricane season with little fanfare, considering  the harms these storms exact on trees growing in our conservation areas. 

This newsletter provides quick updates about our ongoing works to monitor, manage, and  protect this coastal region’s most precious assets: natural habitats and the plants, wildlife,  and ecosystem services they protect in return. Andy Wood, our habitat manager, shares  more about our on-the-ground works, and I hope you will consider his appeal for your  financial support to help support our work that, in truth, provides public benefits too precious  to ignore. 

NENHC’s stewardship area encompasses some thirteen thousand acres (20 square miles)  within the geographic region framed by US Highway 17 to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the  east, Mason Inlet (Wrightsville Beach) to the south, and Scotts Hill to the north. Within this  “service area” are tidal marshes, barrier islands, and the watersheds of four tidal creeks— Futch, Pages, Little, and Howe. 

At this time, NENHC is responsible for the management and protection of approximately  1,400 acres, more than 10% of the area in which we operate, owned in fee simple or held  with protective conservation easement.  

Thank you for your engagement with NENHC and for your consideration of a financial  donation to support our important work. 

Sincerely, 

Paula Bushardt, NENHC President

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 a number of interface areas fringing Conservancy properties and adjacent residential properties. This neighbor-requested and funded work included removing invasive plants, hand-pruning rank vines and sensitively cleaning existing but otherwise unkempt plants in advance of installing native trees and shrubs to add visual appeal along with flowers and berries to benefit birds, butterflies, and neighbors.

 

Conservation Education

Building awareness about the Conservancy’s easement areas is an objective to meet our goal of protecting the areas we steward. Last spring the Conservancy and Landfall jointly sponsored a guided trek around the Landfall Lake Conservation Area.

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More than two dozen Landfall residents and guests joined the tour, led by Andy Wood, with birding help from wildlife biologists Carson Wood and James Abbott. Steve Hughes, Landfall Operations Manager, also joined the hike and provided valuable background information about Landfall Lake, including its function-driven design to become a naturalized waterbody. Wading birds, several ducks, and numerous pond turtles provided fun highlights during the visit, which was intended to develop greater understanding about the lake’s habitats and the diverse plants and wildlife they support; while also providing stormwater filtration before discharging into the Intracoastal Waterway. More programs like this are being planned for 2015, including guided treks into other fascinating Conservancy properties.

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