Updates & News
Learn about our latest restoration & conservation efforts and discover how healthy land & aquatic resources benefit our communities across the US
| Michael Scisco, November 2024
Upper Rocky Mitigation Bank
Total Acres 44 Project Year 2020 Located near Charlotte NC The Upper Rocky restoration project restored and enhanced over 16 acres of wetlands and 8,000 linear feet of stream in an area experiencing increased suburban development pressure. ...
| Michael Scisco, August 2024
Hatch's Hill | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 56.2 Project Year 2024 Located in Wayne County NC The Hatch’s Hill Conservation Easement is located on active farms used for cropland and pasture for goats, donkeys, and alpaca. The 56.2‐acre conservation easement includes multi...
| Nathan Phillips, February 2024
Boiling Spring Wilderness Receives the Third Largest Grant in NC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3rd Largest Grant in 2023 Awarded By State to Fund Conservation of 978 Acres of Boiling Spring Wilderness The North Carolina Land and Water Fund Board of Trustees voted on Wednesday, September 20th to award Unique Plac...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Cate's Farm Farmland Conservation
Unique Places to Save partnered with the City of Mebane to assist with their master planning process that garnered community input for this remarkable rural property as part of their park concept. Unique Places to Save partnered with the Ci...
| Nathan Phillips, February 2024
Box Creek Wilderness Land Preservation
Unique Places To Save Provided Online Technology to Help Prevent a Power Line Over One of the Largest Natural Heritage Areas in North Carolina Unique Places To Save conducted an online outreach and education campaign in coordination with ou...
| Nathan Phillips, February 2024
Alligator Creek Restoration & Conservation Project
Unique Places to Save currently working to increase ecological diversity and recreation opportunities along the Brunswick and Lower Cape Fear Rivers. The Alligator Creek Restoration and Conservation Project, funded by the National Fish and ...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Knob Creek | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 16.04
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Compass Point | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 16.46
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Critcher Brothers | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 72.46
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
O’Berry Road | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 28.9
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Black Dirt | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 28.6
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Anderson Farm | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 16.95
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Thoroughfare Swamp | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 23.55
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Scarborough | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 231.19
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
McClenney Acres | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 77.41
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Long Pond Branch | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 36.1
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Hollowell | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 72.05
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Grantham Branch | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 68.29
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Falling Creek | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 371.32
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Caraway Creek | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 28.85
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Buck Swamp | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 47.08
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Dugger Creek | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 777
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
White Buffalo | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 12.89