Private partners — local land trusts, national land trusts and other private conservation groups — are an essential part of the Million Acre Initiative. These private groups are working to protect a diversity of open space, including gamelands, water-quality buffers, wildlife habitat, farmland, historic sites and urban greenspaces. Private groups have protected approximately 28,000 acres of open space during the first two years of the Million Acre Initiative.
Click here to visit the website for The Conservation Trust of North Carolina. This website provides information about local and regional private land trusts in the state.
Below are some private groups that acquire and protect open space. Click on a selection to visit that group's website.
The Nature Conservancy
Trust for Public Land