| Sam Warnock, August 2026
The River That Built a Town: Ramseur’s Past Shapes Future Conservation (Part Two)
This is the second installment in a two-part series on the Deep River restoration project in Ramseur, North Carolina. For this series, I sat down with Mayor Hampton Spivey and Town Clerk Carol Akers to hear how growing up alongside the Deep...
| Sam Warnock, August 2026
The River That Built a Town: Ramseur’s Past Shapes Future Conservation (Part One)
Conservation is often framed as a series of technical challenges: hydrology, engineering, biology, and even real estate. But if you strip away the wetland mapping, the habitat surveys and the land transactions, you'll find that conservation...
| Sam Warnock, August 2026
Why Invest in Natural Capital (Part Two)
In "Why Invest in Natural Capital", the first post in this series, we made the case that natural capital functions like nature's balance sheet, and that healthy ecosystems quietly generate the clean water, flood protection, and climate stab...
| Michael Scisco, August 2026
Pelican Island | Mitigation Conservation Easement
Total Acres 142 Project Year 2026 Located in Galveston County of Texas Unique Places to Save is proud to announce the permanent protection of the Pelican Island Conservation Easement in Galveston County, Texas. Covering over 140 acres on th...
| Michael Scisco, August 2026
Monkey Wrench | Mitigation Conservation Easement
Total Acres 41 Project Year 2026 Located in Randolph County of North Carolina Unique Places to Save is proud to announce the permanent protection of the Monkey Wrench Conservation Easement in Orange County, North Carolina. Covering approxim...
| Michael Scisco, August 2026
Blue Sky | Mitigation Conservation Easement
Total Acres 24 Project Year 2026 Located in Randolph County of North Carolina Unique Places to Save is proud to announce the permanent protection of the Blue Sky Conservation Easement in Randolph County, North Carolina. Covering approximate...
| Michael Scisco, August 2026
North Fork Poudre | Mitigation Conservation Easement
Total Acres 30 Project Year 2026 Located in Larimer County of Colorado Unique Places to Save is proud to announce the permanent protection of the North Fork Poudre Conservation Easement in Larimer County, Colorado. Marking UP2S’s first cons...
| Mandi Taylor, August 2026
Mitigation vs. Non-Mitigation Conservation Easements: How We Protect North Carolina’s Land
If you’ve ever looked out over a stretch of unbroken North Carolina forest or a multi-generation family farm and wondered, "How can we make sure this land stays protected, forever?" the answer might come down to one legal tool: a conservati...
| Mandi Taylor, August 2026
What if the best thing we ever do is… nothing?
In a world obsessed with “more,” more roads, stores, pavement, and parking lots, it is easy to overlook the value of not wanting more. In today’s world, it is almost as if we are expected to look at an open field or a dense forest and ask, ...
| Sam Warnock, July 2026
Why Invest in Natural Capital (Part One)
In 2025, Earth Overshoot Day fell on July 24. This is the date when global demand for natural resources exceeds what Earth can regenerate in a full year. Every year this date creeps earlier on the calendar, serving as a stark reminder of ho...
| Michael Scisco, June 2026
Mudhoney II | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 31 Project Year 2026 Located in Chatham County of North Carolina Unique Places to Save is proud to announce the permanent protection of the Mudhoney II Conservation Easement in Chatham County, North Carolina. This easement safeg...
| Michael Scisco, May 2026
Little Cabin | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 46 Project Year 2026 Located in Randolph County of North Carolina Covering approximately 45.83 acres within the Yadkin River Basin, the easement permanently safeguards critical native forested areas, riparian wetlands, and eleve...