How we work
To achieve our overarching goal of protecting and sustaining North Carolina’s farms and forests, the Trust:
- Educates landowners about working lands conservation tools, programs and practices;
- Secures land protection funding from public and private partners;
- Works closely with landowners and funding agencies to achieve an aligned set of conservation outcomes, memorialized through perpetual conservation agreements;
- Develops a diverse slate of future conservation projects and funders that help to fulfill our mission and enhance the economic and environmental well-being of the landowners and communities we serve.
Ultimately, our work ensures lasting protection of North Carolina’s working landscape. In doing so, we help to retain its sense of place and quality of life, keep land ownership in private hands and deliver economic benefits not only to North Carolina, but to the region and beyond.
