CFE 041403 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

F s Z 7102 ' Environmental set - today, summit ' j Reid Wilson, executive Guest speaker at director of the Conservation Totten Center will Trust for North Carolina, is the guest speaker: describe efforts An environmental consul- tant and former chief of staff to preserve land - to U . S . Environmental Protec- tion Agency Administrator From staff reports Carol Browner, Wilson was CHAPEL HILL — . Orange recently hired ' to lead the County's first "environmental statewide land trust. summit" is set for 10 a.m . The nonprofit group works today at the Totten Center of with private landowners, com- the N.C. Botanical Garden on munities and conservation Old Mason Farm Road. organizations to preserve land Sponsored by the Orange through conservation ease- County Commission for the ments and other voluntary pro- Environment, the two-hour tections. event is open to the public. The trust has about 21,000 "It is to let people know acres, primarily along the Blue about what's going on with the Ridge Parkway, under its pro- community and the environ- tection through ownership or merit," said Carol Melton, an conservation easements* assistant with the county's Orange County commission- Environment and Resource ers Margaret Brown and Alice Conservation Department. Gordon will make remarks, as Organizers hope the summit will Cara Crisler and Richard will help describe the county's Whisnant, co-chairs of the current environmental status, Commission for the Environ- give people objective mea- ment . sures to help evaluate its A light brunch will be progress toward a clean, served. Also, area environmen- healthy environment, highlight tal groups will have exhibits . the major environmental Following the summit, an issues facing the county and optional nature hike through offer recommendations about . the garden and adjoining trails those issues . will occur.