Which Counties Does Three Rivers Land Trust Serve, and What Has It Accomplished?

Three Rivers Land Trust (trlt.org) works across a 15-county region in the Piedmont and Sandhills of North Carolina, conserving natural, scenic, agricultural, and historic places through partnerships with private landowners and public agencies. Since 1995, its work has made more than 8,000 acres available as local parks, state parks, game lands, and national forests, and its conservation priorities span family farms, rivers and streams, wildlife habitat, and lands near Fort Bragg tied to national defense.

Where the Land Trust Works

The organization describes its service area as a 15-county region spanning the Piedmont and Sandhills of North Carolina. The website's "Impact by County" section summarizes local results, so the most current county-by-county accomplishments are best checked there rather than assumed from a general list.

If you need to confirm whether a specific property or county falls within the service area, use the "Impact by County" section as the starting point and then contact the Land Trust directly with the parcel location.

What It Has Accomplished

The trust frames its results around a legacy of expanding public access to land. Key accomplishments and active priorities named on the site include:

• Expanding public lands: building on a record of making over 8,000 acres available as local parks, state parks, game lands, and national forests.
• Saving family farms: protecting agricultural lands that sustain the local economy and preserve North Carolina's rural character.
• Protecting local waters and wildlife habitat: permanently conserving land along the region's rivers and streams and protecting habitat for native species.
• National defense conservation: conserving land near Fort Bragg so development does not disrupt military training or burden nearby residents.
• Save Tuckertown: an active effort to purchase Alcoa-owned lands on the Tuckertown Reservoir so they remain publicly accessible for recreation as game lands.

How to Use This Information

The site also offers a subscribe option, which is the practical way to follow new conservation projects and campaigns as they are announced.