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COASTLINESVOLUME 20 // ISSUE 1 // Spring 2020

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By Camilla M. Herlevich Executive Director, Coastal Land Trust

Quietly, for many months, dedicated Coastal Land Trust leaders have been working to accelerate the

Coastal Land Trust’s conservation agenda.

We recognize that today, more than ever, protecting our endangered coastal treasures is necessary to save the vitality of our coast, and to preserve its wonder and beauty for generations to come. While proud of all the amazing lands we’ve already saved, we know we can do more—and we are, thanks to “Your Land,” our campaign for the coast, an ambitious

$36 million dollar initiative.

Your Land will multiply the Coastal Land Trust’s capacity to do what we do better than anyone else—save the critical natural lands of the coast that provide countless public benefits for us, our families, our communities, and our state.

Here’s how we’re doing it—with the campaign‘s three ambitious funding objectives:

Land Acquisition FundRaise $30 million to secure and protect more of the Top 40 conservation projects

at the coast. You’ve told us that nothing is more important to you than saving land—so this is where the majority of funds raised will be spent.

Opportunity FundRaise $3 million for an internal revolving loan fund, to act quickly in the real estate market with cash in hand to buy land, obtain options and carry out due diligence—repaying the loan with later grant-writing and fundraising.

YOur LANDSAvINg THE IrrEpLACEABLE

TAkINg A LEAp AND LEAvINg A LEgACY

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CAMPAIGN FOR THE COAST

LAND ACQUISITONGoal: $30,000,000

Committed $23,214,705

OPPORTUNITY FUND

Goal: $3,000,000Committed $2,080,000

PROMISE FUND

Goal: $3,000,000Committed $2,437,202

PROMISE FUNDStewardship Endowment: $416,696 Organizational Growth: $2,020,506

CAMPAIGN GOAL $36,000,000 COMMITTED $27,731,907 77%

JANUARY 2020

69%77% 81%

CAMILLA ANNOuNCES rETIrEMENT pLANSBy Ben Steelman

Some people seem to think Camilla Herlevich IS the North Carolina

Coastal Land Trust, and it’s easy to see why. A co-founder of the organization, Herlevich has been Executive Director of the Coastal Land Trust since its founding in 1992 and has been at the forefront of its campaign to save environmentally sensitive land in eastern North Carolina.

“It was really her vision,” said co-founder Michael Murchison. “It was her inspiration.”

“She has been our guiding light,” said Janice Allen, Director of Land Protection with the Land Trust, “as we’ve saved, now, more than 80,000

acres of land.”

Herlevich has announced plans to retire in December (2020), and has entered a sort of victory lap.

The StarNews presented her with its 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. The North Carolina Society of New York named her and Jane Preyer as co-honorees at its annual gala in December for their work to protect the environment in the state of North Carolina.

And on January 16, 2020, the Board of Directors of the Coastal Land Trust voted to rename its Stewardship Endowment Fund in her honor. The fund is now known as the Camilla M. Herlevich Legacy Stewardship Fund.

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COASTLINES VOLUME 20 // ISSUE 1 // Spring 2020

MAIN OFFICE3 Pine Valley Drive

Wilmington, NC 28412(910) 790-4524

CAMILLA M. HERLEVICHExecutive Director

ext. [email protected]

SuE ASHLEYParalegalext. 2080

[email protected]

JESICA C. BLAKEAssociate Director


STEPHANIE BORRETTDirector of Donor Relations


JIM COYLE

Business Managerext. 2040

[email protected].

MELLISSA DIONESOTESStewardship Biologist


EVAN HILLGIS Specialist /Stewardship Associate


KELSEY KIRWANAmeriCorps Service Member

Environmental Education and Volunteer Coordinator


VANN PEARSALLDirector of Development


DAVID PHILLIPS, JR.Chief Financial Officer


BETH W. STEELMANDevelopment Officer


LAuRA WILSONDevelopment Coordinator


CENTRAL OFFICE JANICE L. ALLEN

Director of Land Protection 3301-G Trent Road

New Bern, NC 28562(252) 634-1927

[email protected]

NORTHEAST OFFICELEE L. LEIDY

Northeast Region DirectorAttorney at Law

205 N. Water Street, Suite 1Elizabeth City, NC 27909

(252) [email protected]

ADDITIONAL CONTACTLENA AuSTIN O’NEAL

Springer’s Point Preserve [email protected]

BOArD OF DIrECTOrS

Randy BeardsworthWilmington, NC

Nancy J. BrayGrifton, NC

Sam Cook Raleigh, NC

Miles CoxeEdenton, NC

Tommy HughesTrent Woods, NC

Laurie McComas KingWilmington, NC

Hal KitchinWilmington, NC

Linda MurchisonWilmington, NC

Linda PearsallRaleigh, NC

Ann Cary SimpsonChapel Hill, NC

Cheryl Bradley SmithPine Knoll Shores, NC

Lovay Wallace-SingletonNew Bern, NC

Robert Wells Kitty Hawk, NC

George WoodKill Devil Hills, NC

President Melanie AllenDurham, NC

Vice PresidentRobert PerryRaleigh, NC

Secretary and Vice President Hannah HoltWilmington, NC

TreasurerMaggie AshburnWilmington, NC

Board members serve three, three-year staggered terms and are elected each year by the membership during the annual meeting.

The Coastal Land Trust mourns the loss of several long-time friends who passed away, much too soon, in December, 2019.

IN MEMOrIAM

Richard Dodd, New York CityRichard Dodd fell in love with Ocracoke in the 50’s when visiting with his father, and eventually bought a second home there with his wife Cheryl Grandfield. They began supporting the Coastal Land Trust in 2003 during the original Campaign for Springer’s Point. We extend our condolences to Cheryl Grandfield.

The Honorable Ola M. Lewis, Bolivia“Judge Ola” was elected to the Board of Directors of the Coastal Land Trust in 2007. In a later interview, freelance writer Jason Frye, wrote, “While not a self-described outdoorswoman, Judge Lewis said her father instilled a love and respect for the outdoors in her, prompting her to work with the Coastal Land Trust.” Our sincerest sympathies to her husband Reginald Holley.

Otis Hurd, OcracokeOtis Hurd was a key member of the Coastal Land Trust’s local committee for the Ocracoke Nature Walk project, having previously supported the Campaign for the Ocracoke Community Park. He and his wife Theresa moved to the Outer Banks in 1977. An avid fisherman, Otis cared deeply about the coast. We offer our deep regrets to his wife Theresa Hurd.

Peg Rorison’s grandfather, D. H. Lippitt bought Clarendon

Plantation in Brunswick County in the early 1900s. He built the present home site there in 1923-1924.

Peg said that she “grew up” at Clarendon. Things were not well at home. Her mother was sick. She does not have a lot of memories about her father, but did mention that he received an award from General Pershing. [Her father, Harmon Rorison, received the Distinguished Service Cross for his high-risk combat actions in France during WW I.]

“And did you know,” she asked, “that he flew with the Kosciusko Aerial Squadron in Poland against the Russians?” [After the war, he joined American pilots in Poland who supported the anti-Bolshevik Poles in the Russo-Polish War.]

She remembers her grandmother, Margaret W. Lippitt, was an artist and talked about Clarendon’s having “a wonderful library of books.”

“I was by myself much of the time,” Peg said. However, she added that she enjoyed walking alone and remembers being happiest when outside.

Clarendon was a “mysterious thing to see and enjoy:” an alligator that was chained to a pole (“there were parties”), eating peanuts up in the barn loft, picking carrots, taking care of a wild baby goat, horses, beautiful trees, and a lily pond that was important to her.

She recalled her outdoor experiences as giving her a

“feeling of freedom” and said that Clarendon was her “childhood playground.” The Coastal Land Trust [its mission to save land to enjoy] reminds her of this “childhood playground.”

MEMOrIES OF A CHILDHOOD pLAYgrOuND

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Each year, the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Society of New

York selects honorees who have made substantial contributions to the welfare, health and prestige of North Carolina.

In December, Camilla Herlevich and Jane Preyer, who have spent their careers working to protect the environment in the State of North Carolina, were honored.

The honorees were introduced at the society’s Annual Dinner Dance held at the university Club on West Fifty-fourth Street in Manhattan.

“I am overwhelmed and excited by this distinction,” Herlevich said when learning of the honor. Celebrating with Herlevich in New York City were several past and present members of the Coastal Land Trust’s Board of Directors, two of her colleagues, and her two adult children.

According to John A. Sipp, 2018-2019 president of the organization, the Dinner Dance “is the highlight of the North Carolina Society’s calendar of events and marks the unofficial beginning of the holiday season” for the Society’s 600 members. The society is celebrating its 122nd year.

For more information on the North Carolina Society of New York, go to www.ncsocietyofny.org/.

THE COASTAL LAND TruST SAvINg THE IrrEpLACEABLE

THE NOrTH CArOLINA SOCIETY OF NEw YOrkHONOrS CAMILLA HErLEvICH AND JANE prEYEr

LAND TruST LEADErS

Above: From left, Coastal Land Trust staff Jesica Blake and Lee Leidy, Camilla’s daughter LB Brier, Camilla, Camilla’s son John Brier, and Coastal Land Trust Board President Melanie Allen.Left: Agnes Beane, past Board member of the Coastal Land Trust, with Camilla at the Annual Dinner Dance held at the university Club in New York City by the North Carolina Society of New York.fAr Left: John Sipp, President of the North Carolina Society of New York, presents Jane Preyer, left and Camilla Herlevich with their awards.

what’s on YOur vehicle?

To learn how you can get your specialty plate today, visit www.Coastal LandTrust.org/licenseplate.

A Coastal Land Trust license plate goes everywhere you go. IN 2019 we received $29,400 from the NCDOT.



“I just feel very, very fortunate,” Herlevich said, “to have been in the right place at the right time, with the right mix of experience.”

“The Coastal Land Trust Board and staff members are already preparing for a new leader to come on board by the end of the year,” Herlevich said. A search committee, chaired by immediate Past President Ann Simpson, will work with a national consulting firm that specializes in executive search for nonprofits to recruit a new executive director.

“What she has done is just incredible,” said Dr. Stan Riggs, a retired East Carolina university professor and land owner. “She’s saved some of the most wonderful places in Eastern North Carolina. She’s got an open mind, and she’s not afraid of going into difficult areas, including the barrier islands and the marshes and swamps of the Inner Banks.”

Author-consultant Ann Cary Simpson, a Past President of the Coastal Land Trust Board, praised Herlevich’s “formidable vision and expertise.” “Thanks to her efforts,” she added, “The Land Trust has amassed an amazing portfolio of some of our state’s most environmentally important and beautiful lands.”

“She is truly listening and engaged in conversations.” said Hannah Holt, Past President of the Coastal Land Trust and Director of Operations for Holt Cstore. “I think that is one of her greatest assets, which opens doors with land owners, politicians, board members and donors. Her vision has always been big and from a 30,000-foot view, and she has never let outside forces knock her off track.”

The daughter of a forester, Herlevich grew up sailing around Wrightsville Beach and exploring on her father’s fishing camp on Town Creek in Brunswick County.

After graduating from New Hanover High School in Wilmington, she went on to Duke university and to Boston university, where she earned a law degree.

Herlevich worked as an assistant district attorney in Wake County (Raleigh), where she earned the nickname “Attila the Camilla,” then spent nearly 12 years as a regional attorney with The Nature Conservancy, handling cases from Virginia to Florida.

In 1991, she and her husband Jim Brier moved back to Wilmington with their children. The following year, she joined with Murchison, Bill Raney and Chuck Roe to found the Coastal Land Trust.

“It was really like starting a business,” Herlevich said. The infant Land Trust had no money at first, and for a number of years,

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ACrES prOTECTEDThe Coastal Land Trust saves land in all parts of eastern North Carolina!

80,000 acres protected

NATurE TrIvIAWhat is the longest salamander species in the united

States?

A) Hellbender

B) Two-toed Amphiuma

C) Neuse River waterdog

Answer on page 8

Herlevich was a one-person staff, on a part-time basis. The Coastal Land Trust acquired its first 11 acres as a result of a mitigation action in North Chase, and it has been growing ever since.

Herlevich said one of her proudest moments was acquiring Springer’s Point, one of the last undeveloped stretches of Ocracoke Island, as a nature preserve. “It’s a beautiful place,” she said.

Another high point was the development, or un-development, of the Cape Fear River Corridor project along Town Creek and the lower Cape Fear River, protecting more than 17,000 acres of land. The project was the result of a partnership with the N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the university of North Carolina Wilmington, Brunswick County, International Paper and private land owners.

“It just fell into place,” Herlevich said. “When we didn’t have the dollars, others came forward. As a result, we were able to save much of the Cape Fear’s old rice plantations.”

under Herlevich’s leadership, the Coastal Land Trust took a gamble and borrowed $4.5 million to purchase “Site X” along Salmon Creek in Bertie County—including an archeological site that may hold clues to the fate of some members of Sir Walter Raleigh’s Lost Colony.

“If we hadn’t acted fast, we would have lost it,” she said.

One of Herlevich’s major objectives in the last months of her directorship is completion of a $36 million capital campaign. Funds raised from the drive will be used to build up Coastal Land Trust endowments, to ensure that the organization has the personnel needed to protect the land it has acquired. It would also amass a “war chest,” in case the Coastal Land Trust needs to acquire and protect sensitive land within a limited time frame.

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promise FundRaise $3 million in endowments and stewardship funds for sustainability and growth so that the Coastal Land Trust endures as a vital and sustainable organization.

And here’s the best news of all—I’m very grateful to report that, during this “quiet phase” of the campaign, we have reached 77% of our goal! That’s right, our staff and amazing volunteers have raised more than $27 million. The great majority of these funds have come from state and federal grants and settlements. These funds are being raised and spent to protect land. Two million in commitments have been received from individuals, families, foundations, and businesses! Private funds are especially needed to reach the $3M goal for Opportunity Fund and the $3M goal for the Promise Fund.

we need you! give today, preserve Your Land for tomorrow.

Please consider joining the generous individuals, families, and businesses who have already made a special gift or pledge to Your Land. The campaign welcomes gifts of cash or securities, as well as planned gifts. Together, we can fulfill our promise for

the next generation, leaving an enduring legacy of a vital and healthy coast.

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Every $1 contributed turned into $9.81 in Land

CLT FINANCIAL rEpOrT OCTOBEr 1, 2018 – SEpTEMBEr 30, 2019

Total Revenues $15,127,000

Individuals $2,379,000 16%

Foundations $274,000 2%

Corporations $243,000 2%

government $10,505,000 69%

Other $1,726,000 11%

Total Expenses $12,144,000

Land Acquisition $11,196,000 92%

Land Stewardship $377,000 3%

Conservation education $91,000 1%

Fundraising $392,000 3%

general and administration $88,000 1%



Cedar Hill West Bank Heritage Foundation

$2,500 – $9,999

FOuNDATION AND COrpOrATE SuppOrT

• Ace Transport, LLC• Air-Call Communications• Atlantic Marine Inc• B+O Design Studio, PLLC• Bertie County Peanuts• Bleecker Automotive Group Inc• Cape Fear Securities• Carol Sue Blueberry Farm• Corbett Package Company• Cothran Harris Architecture• The Country Club at Landfall• Support from the Dallas Fred Allen

Endowment, A component of the NC Community Foundation

• Dixon & Thompson Law, PLLC• ECS Southeast, LLP• Embassy Suites Wilmington

Riverfront• Exxon Mobil• First Benefits Insurance Mutual• Flytrap Brewing, LLC• Freaker uSA• Geological Resources, Inc.• HealtHabit Natural Foods • Historic Preservation Foundation of

North Carolina• Holmes Electric Security Systems

• Hornthal, Riley, Ellis & Maland, LLP• Jim Teachey Realtor• Kathleen Glancy, PA• Kennedy Office Supplies• Liberty Petroleum• McKim & Creed• Mossy Oak Properties/NC Land

and Farms• National Tobacco Company• Nutrien• Orton Longleaf• Owens Family Ventures, LLC• Perry & Co Sotheby’s Intl Realty

$25,000 - $100,000+

$500 - $999

$1,000 - $2,499

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William a. stern Foundation

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First eagle investment management Foundation

• Philadelphia Insurance Companies

• Red Bull• Rountree Losee, LLP• Sanctuary Vineyards• Scotch Hall Preserve, LLC• Stevens Towing Co. NC• Stonebridge Dental Associates• Swisher International• unifirst• Village Realty Holdings, LLC• Waste Industries• Wilmington Water Tours• Window Ninjas

grant tHrougH enviva Forest Conservation Fund

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BruCe BarClay Cameron Foundation

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$10,000 - $24,999



$100,000+Duke Energy FoundationNC Clean Water Management Trust FundNorth Carolina Wildlife Resources CommissionFred and Alice StanbackuS Endowment for Forestry and Communities Grant through Enviva Forest Conservation FunduS Fish and Wildlife ServiceuS Navy

$50,000 - $99,999Mr. Richard W. Dodd* and Ms. Cheryl GrandfieldF. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.Orton Foundation, LLC

$10,000 - $49,999The Cannon FoundationCoastal Vacation ResortsCoca Cola Bottling Co. ConsolidatedConservation Trust for North CarolinaDr. I. Alan CraigAudrey and Charles CushmanHistoric Wilmington Foundation, Inc.Holt Oil CompanyMrs. Patricia A. HorstmanLinda and Reid MurchisonBrad and Shelli StanbackMrs. Nancy StanbackSumrell Sugg, PAThe Coastal CompaniesThe Paynter Law Firm, PLLCWells Fargo FoundationWilliam A. Stern Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999Randy and Betty Ann BeardsworthMr. and Mrs. Edward EllisGreat Outdoor Provision CompanyM.R. Williams, IncChristy and John Mack FoundationMs. Marguerite O. PittsSam RankinThe Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation

$2,500 - $4,999Anonymous (2)Atlantic Shores DistributorsWoody BillingsBP AmericaThe Raymond E. and Ellen F. Crane Foundation

EarthShare NCFirst Citizens BankHannah and William GageMs. Frances GoodmanHurley and Associates of Fayetteville, Inc.K2 Design Group, P.A.Mr. Charles R. Kernan and Mrs. Janette K. HopperKitty Hawk KitesMr. Michael Murchison and Ms. Barbara SullivanNC Subway Group, IncEdward and Susan NorvellMr. and Mrs. David PaynterResource Management Service, LLCS&D Coffee, IncMrs. Nancy SampleMs. Marjorie StarlingMrs. Teeny TaitTowneBank/TowneInsurance

$1,000 - $2,499Adams BeveragesMs. Sally AngerMaggie Ashburn and Rich MasonAVOCA, Inc.Agnes R. BeaneDr. and Mr. Mary-Emma and Michael BeresBoulineaus IncNancy and John BrayDr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. BrownMr. David C. BryanBug-N-A-Rug ExterminatorsCarolinaEast Health SystemJudge and Mrs. Dougald N. ClarkCoastal Carolina Health Care, PAMr. and Mrs. Miles CoxeMs. Carla DanielMr. Charles Darsie and Ms. Sandra CookPeter and Cay DavisEast Carolina DermatologyEbenconcepts IncEdwards of OcracokeFarm Bureau - New Hanover CountyMr. David B. FinchFirst Eagle Investment Management FoundationMr. James E. Foscue Jr.Charlotte Noel FoxMr. and Mrs. Skip FryJohn FussellGrady White BoatsMr. Robert Hackney and Ms. Shauna HolimanDr. and Mrs. John H. Haley IIIThe Harold H. Bate FoundationJane and Paul HeillMr. Tom Hollinshed and Ms. Katherine Lange

Greg and Eden HoneycuttAlice and George HortonPaul and Liz HosierMs. Kathryn B. HowdJoe and Gloria HughesMr. and Mrs. Gene HuntsmanMrs. Julia HutchersonMr. and Mrs. Frederick D. HutchisonMr. and Mrs. Richard R. JacobyMs. Carol V. JamesJared C. Fox Family FoundationThe Joanna FoundationJohnson Brothers DistributingMr. and Mrs. Mike KellyMr. and Mrs. Carl KieferMs. Lee Kimball and Mr. R. Tucker ScullyDr. Kenneth Klein and Ms. Bobbi HarmonLand Management GroupLandmark CommercialMr. G. Raymond Leggett IIILee and John LeidyDr. Tom and Mrs. Carolyn LeonardMs. Jan M. LewisMr. and Mrs. Larry LynnMs. Anne MarshallMr. W. Daniel Martin IIIMatrix BrokerageJohn Robert and Alison MattocksThe Honorable and Mrs. Charles K. McCotter Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Chris McCruddenMcGuire Woods LLPMr. Kyle McIntyreMr. and Mrs. Brian J. McMertyMCO Transport, IncMs. Dana L. McQueenMr. and Mrs. John MerrinerStephanie and John MitchellMorgan Stanley FoundationMr. Travis Moser, CFPMurchison, Taylor, & Gibson, PLLCKelly Nester and Nicole GuiteMs. Nancy K. NunnOcracoke Island RealtyMr. and Mrs. Stuart PaynterRobert Perry and Katherine CrawfordKris and Jen PicklerPoint Clan, LLCMr. and Mrs. John P. PreyerMr. L. Richardson Preyer Jr. and Mrs. Marilyn Jacobs PreyerQuible & Associates, PCMr. and Mrs. Walker H. Rayburn Jr.RC Land Design and MaintenanceMs. Lynn RegneryRestoration Systems, LLCMr. Arthur Rice, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Simon B. Rich Jr.

2019 HONOr rOLL OF DONOrSThe Coastal Land Trust expresses our gratitude to the families, foundations, and corporations who made a gift during our fiscal year (October

1, 2018 – September 30, 2019). Gifts of all sizes are appreciated. However, because of space, listed below are those contributions of Tidewater Society Level ($1000) and above. All contributions are recognized on our website at CoastalLandTrust.org/contributors.

Your support helps to save the best, most imperiled lands on the coast of North Carolina. Thank you!!

If you have questions or would like to change the listing of your name, online or in our publications, please contact Vann Pearsall at (910) 790-4524 ext. 2100.



Ride the WindMr. and Mrs. Charles RitchieRSM uS, LLPSalt Air IncDr. and Mrs. Robert ShermanAnn and Bland SimpsonMr. Willis Slane and Ms. Caroline ChilesSmithfield FoodsMs. Catherine SparksAnnie Gray SpruntMr. and Mrs. John StanbackMs. Katherine G. SternMr. and Mrs. Trawick Stubbs Jr.Jane and Scott SullivanMr. and Mrs. Robert SwiftMr. and Mrs. Tim TabakThe Oleander Company, IncThomson, Corder & CompanyMr. and Mrs. Robert E. Thomson Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Vic VentersMr. and Mrs. Charles WakildMr. and Mrs. David WardWaste ManagementWayne PetroleumMr. Dean WeberThe Murchison Group of Wells Fargo Advisors LLCRobert E. WellsMrs. Carolyn WhitehurstDr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Wilkins Jr.Womble Bond Dickinson, LLPMr. and Mrs. Clark WrightWrightsville Beach Brewery

* Deceased

TrIBuTES

In Honor Of Janice L. Allen by Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wright Scott Andersen by Mr. and Mrs. Roger James John and C. Corbett by Dr. and Mrs. Tom MatesAlan Craig by Sandra HoffmanSara Ellington by Claire Ellington Tammy Finch by David B. Finch Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Griffin by Alfred Griffin Lisa B. Gurganus by AnonymousJane S. Heill by Morgan Heill

Camilla M. Herlevich by Elizabeth Knowles Dr. Tom and Mrs. Carolyn Leonard Stamp Defiance Chapter, NSDAR Mr. and Mrs. Clark WrightDavid E. Huffine by William A. Stern FoundationJimmy Jordan by Jim Jordan Jim Keyzer by Bill and Betty Gray Davis Sally Mason by Lynn WeaverWilliam Mauney by Great Outdoor Provision Company William E. Miller by Anonymous Sue and Bill Reaves by HealtHabit Natural Foods The Ritchie Family by Mr. and Mrs. Charles RitchieAnn Simpson by Ms. Daryl F. Walker Margaret Spallek by Mrs. Helen R. PinckneyMary L. Storie by Stephen K. ZaytounThe Scotts Hill Gang by Sam RankinCharles and Susie Wakild by Paul and Sara SinalSusie Ward by Judith G. McCruddenPam Watkins by AnonymousWilliam P. Whitlow by Richard Miner Mark Wilde-Ramsing by Dixie Wyant

In Memory Of

Eric R. Calhoun by Ms. Marilyn Anderson Edward Barclay Gerald A. Barrett Charles Beasley Stephen and Louise Coggins David Huffine and Susan Stern Annie G. Lane Kim McCaskill Jeffrey Neelon John P. Preyer Emily B. Ragsdale C. R. Rayburn Rob Culp by Emily B. Ragsdale Mary C. Dunham by John T. Cox

Theodora C. Emery by Martha Pitcairn Frances Inglis by Robert Perry and Katherine Crawford Dell Ipock by Bob and Carol Mattocks Kelly Marquis by Sarah Birkedal May W. Moore by Hailey Brady Sonny Lee Morton by John P. Arrowood William Johnson Darrell Jones William R. Lathan Harry J. MacDonald Dick Staunch Linda Staunch Teeny Tait Susan H. Rappaport by Mr. Robert F. Coleman IIIG. S. Rehder by Julie Rehder David A. Richie by Mrs. Catherine Richie Dalton Ruffin by Emily B. Ragsdale Jim Stephenson by Sally Anger Jane and Paul Heill Bruce Watkins by Pam Watkins

NATurE TrIvIA ANSwEr

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Answer: B. The Two-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma means) can grow up to four feet in length. This salamander species occurs throughout the Southeast and lives in hardwood and cypress swamps, small ponds, canals and streams and prefers bodies of water with detritus and debris.

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All contributions are recognized on our website at CoastalLandTrust.org/contributors.



“I believe that as citizens and human beings, our greatest responsibility and ethical call is stewardship of the Earth. As I see it, that means to support environmental conservation, preservation and restoration – to preserve and protect diversity of plant and animal species and the native habitats of those species, and to stop and reverse global warming and other deleterious effects we human beings and our civilization have on the environment.”

Everett Bowman, 1953-2016

THANk YOu FOr YOur COMMITMENT TO THE CAMpAIgN FOr THE COASTIndividual DonorsAnonymous (4)Janice and Dave AllenMelanie AllenDavid ArnekeMaggie Ashburn and Rich MasonWilliam S. BarbourMr. and Mrs. Harry BarkerAgnes R. BeaneRandy and Betty Ann BeardsworthMrs. Lillian BentonCapt. and Mrs. Ben Bowditch Jr.Nancy and John BrayMr. Michael C. Brown Jr. and Ms. Jane Haskell FoxDavid and Hannah BrownlowMary CalhounBruce B. Cameron IVRachel L. CameronSteve and Jan CappsBetty ClarkeBerry CollierMr. W. Thompson Comerford, Jr.Sam and Sherry CookDiana G. CorbettE. B. CoxDr. I. Alan CraigPeter and Cay DavisBob and Lindy EmoryJen EshamMichael and Diane FosterCharlotte Noel FoxJohn FussellFrances GoodmanDeanes and Mary GorntoDr. and Mrs. John H. Haley IIIMs. Gael M. Hawkins in Memory of William MillerRoyster and Kathryn HedgepethCamilla Herlevich and Jim BrierMartin and Cynthia HichensMr. Tom Hollinshed and Ms. Katherine LangeHannah and Stephanie HoltGreg and Eden HoneycuttMr. and Mrs. Mark R. HooperPatricia A. HorstmanAlice and George HortonPaul and Liz HosierDavid Huffine and Susan SternTommy HughesOtis* and Theresa HurdJulia HutchersonTommy Hutcherson

Bob Jones and Peggy SloanJason and Erica KeslerLaurie and Aaron KingDr. and Mrs. Gary G. KochEdythe LedbetterMr. Thomas R. LeidyMr. and Mrs. Robert J. LorenzPage and Herb LowryDickson and Nina McLeanMr. and Mrs. Brian J. McMertyJane M. McNeerHannah McOwen and Philip R. ForslundAndrew K. McVeyWilliam and Susan MeggsClint and Kathy MeyerMr. and Mrs. Richard MisnerRob and Nancy MoulLinda and Reid MurchisonMr. Michael Murchison and Ms. Barbara SullivanJohn C. Nicholls Jr.Clint and Amy Brown NorthEdward and Susan NorvellLinda and Sam PearsallRobert Perry and Katherine CrawfordMrs. and Mr. Cotesworth PinckneyCaroll Gray-Preston and Anna Gray StarkWill and Jenny PurvisMr. and Mrs. William A. Raney Jr.Jim ReddochDr. and Mrs. Stan RiggsDr. Norm Robinson and The Reverend Hannah VaughanMr. and Mrs. Samuel R. RosePat RowlettMs. Laura Beth SedlockJames SheltonAnn and Bland SimpsonMr. Willis Slane and Ms. Caroline ChilesBryan, Cheryl and Peyton SmithMr. Michael Snyder and Ms. Melissa WilsonAnnie Gray SpruntDavid and Wesie SpruntFred and Alice StanbackNancy StanbackJane and Scott SullivanBill and Rosie SweeneyJudy ThomasGary and Jennings TrawickPam B. VinsonWynn WagenseilMr. and Mrs. DeWayne SingletonMr. and Mrs. John Ward

Mr. Richard Weisman and Ms. Michelle BannanRobert E. WellsMr. and Mrs. Brian WestLaura and Robert WestMargaret WhisenhuntGeorge and Lynda Wood

* Deceased

Corporate and Foundation SupportaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAngel Oak Creative, LLCBlue Heron Asset ManagementBruce Barclay Cameron FoundationCedar Hill West Bank Heritage FoundationCJB FoundationDan Cameron Family FoundationDuke Energy FoundationF. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.Fox Charitable Foundation, Inc.The Harold H. Bate FoundationHistoric Wilmington Foundation, Inc.The Longleaf FoundationNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationAlice Zawadzki Land Conservation Fund of the North Carolina Native Plant SocietyOpen Space Institute Land Trust, Inc.Orton Foundation, LLCPoint Clan, LLCThe Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family FoundationThe Community Foundation of NC EastThe Conservation AllianceThe Historic Preservation Foundation of North CarolinaThe Paynter Law Firm, PLLCThe True North FoundationuS Endowment for Forestry and Communities Grant through Enviva Forest Conservation FundWilliam A. Stern Foundation

Public FundsNC Clean Water Management Trust FundNC Department of JusticeNorth Carolina Department of TransportationNorth Carolina Wildlife Resources CommissionState of North CarolinauS Air ForceuS Fish and Wildlife ServiceuS Navy

To find out how you can include the Coastal Land Trust in your estate planning, contact vann pearsall at 910-790-4524 ext. 2100.



SCrApBOOk Coastal Land Trust events, field trips, and educational outings showcase the joy of nature.

Red Beans and Bluegrass | Wrightsville Beach Brewery | Wilmington | November 3, 2019

FACEBOOK LOVES BEANS

Coastal Land Trust Board Member Laurie McComas King shared a message on Facebook to promote the November Red Beans and Bluegrass:

Join me at this fun event [Red Beans and Bluegrass], and become a member of the Coastal Land Trust in the process!

After listening to a podcast a couple months ago about the Amazon rainforest burning, and the political challenges around protecting that land, one major point stuck out to me: “Charity begins at home”. I fully support protecting and saving the Amazon, but I have been a member of the NC Coastal Land Trust for a few years, and recently joined their board, because there are lots of beautiful lands right here in Coastal North Carolina that I’ve enjoyed all my life, and want to make sure they’re protected for my children and future generations to enjoy as well. Without realizing their involvement, you’ve probably visited and enjoyed some of these local places CLT helped protect, and there are many more on the wish list yet to save. (check it out here: https://coastallandtrust.org/lands-categories/).

Visit www.CoastalLandTrust.org/events for more information about upcoming events

SAvE THE DATEMarch 14, 2020roast for the CoastFoscue PlantationPollocksville, Jones County

March 28, 2020An Oyster roast at Scotch Hall preserveMerry Hill, Bertie County

April 4, 2020volunteer DayStanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant GardenWilmington

April 25, 2020 10th Annual Flytrap FrolicStanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant GardenWilmington

May 4, 2020Holt Cstore golf TournamentLandfall Country Club, Wilmington

June 6, 2020National Trails Day/Landtrust DayCheck for details on events webpage

September 26, 2020Annual Celebration Lawn partyOld Town PlantationBrunswick County

November 8, 2020red Beans and BluegrassWrightsville Beach BreweryWilmington



December 21, 2019 Goin’ FishingSalter’s Creek Boat RampSea Level, Carteret County

SALTERS CREEK GAME LAND

Pictured is the existing Wildlife Resources boat ramp at Salter’s Creek. What’s new, however, is that Wildlife Resources has now added our Salter’s Creek tract—the 4,000 acres we transferred to them this summer—to their Carteret County Game Land, and it is open to hunting 6 days a week!

Photo by Arey Grady: Drew Allen is on the left and Ben Grady is on the right.

Board of Directors Field Trip Reaves Chapel | Navassa, Brunswick County January 16, 2020

SHOW AND TELL

Mellissa Dionesotes,Stewardship Biologist, shows board member Laurie King planning photos for Reaves Chapel. WALKAROuND AT REAVES

Discussing the restoration of Reaves Chapel are: From left in foreground: Camilla Herlevich, Richard LeBlond and Linda Pearsall. In back: Tommy Hughes and Al Beatty.

INSPECTION

George Beatty, President of the Rice Festival Board, talks with AmeriCorps Service Member Kelsey Kirwan at the board field trip to Reaves Chapel.

HERE IS THE STEEPLE

left: Al Beatty, President of the Cedar Hill/West Bank Heritage Foundation, shows off the Reaves Chapel steeple. The steeple, which houses a bell that rings throughout the community, will be restored along with the rest of the church.

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Take a Hike with a Veteran | Gales Creek Preserve | Newport, Carteret County | November 9, 2019

VETERANS HIKE

A lovely day to be outside and to thank our service members! Hikers were able to join, not one veteran, but two during their hike at Gales Creek.

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Snyder, kneeling in front, and Andrew DeGiovanni, standing in back wearing a hoodie with “uS Navy” on the front. They each shared a story about their service.

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