On an average morning thousands of North Carolinians wake up to the sight of a dusting of snow on area mountaintops. And while individuals can own much of the land, the state’s 25 land conservancies are working to protect the views for everyone to enjoy.
They’re guided by the principle advocated by Ralph Waldo Emerson who wrote “None of us owns the landscape,” in his essay “Nature.”
Pam Torlina, director of stewardship and land protection with the Pacolet Area Conservancy, says everyone owns the view. “They do belong to us,” she says. “Such a big part of our sensory experience is visual and so by protecting these places, it protects the signature of our rural communities.”
Land conservancies in North Carolina have protected tens of thousands of acres of land with the help of public and private funding.
“They are so important to the peace and tranquility that we always find in place, when it’s taken away, it ruins it for us,” she says. “Sadly a lot of times the developers move so much quicker than land trusts can.”
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