Land conservation provides benefits that promote individual and community resilience.
Stronger storms, increased rainfall and flood events, and periodic droughts are all part of our new normal. We have the opportunity to learn what strategies work to lessen the impacts and reduce future threats for individual communities. We are collaborating to develop innovative solutions across our state so everyone can become more resilient.
By permanently protecting the fragile lands along the Blue Ridge Parkway, we are safeguarding an ecologically significant wildlife migration corridor along the Eastern United States. The steps that CTNC and our allies are taking to conserve this corridor from development are both urgent and considered. Our goals: make our natural habitats and human communities more resilient.
A resilient community is one where people are meaningfully engaged and empowered, where leadership is responsive to community needs as defined by its residents, and where its people are able to respond to natural disasters by rebuilding or adapting in ways that make them stronger and more prepared for the future.
A Proposed Solution:
By working with city planners, leaders in community development, educators, and local agriculture proponents, we can work across sectors to bring together dynamic leaders to build healthier and more resilient communities for all of North Carolina's people.