Read the Latest From Mainspring Regional Land Trust Hoping to Help Expand Local Greenway May 17, 2017 Mainspring Partners With Two Families to Conserve More Than 340 Acres February 14, 2017 Macon County News: Read2Me Set to Unveil Second Story Walk at Parker Meadows October 31, 2016 The Franklin Press: River Rises as New Focus October 26, 2016 Macon Co News: Lazy Hiker Brewing Co. brews beer for local nonprofit August 15, 2016 Road Construction and Maintenance Workshop for Landowners is FULL August 1, 2016 Asheville Citizen-Times: Land trust director gets personal with conservation July 12, 2016 Asheville Citizen-Times: Jackson County Land to Open for Recreation June 21, 2016 Land Trusts: Sustaining the Farms that Feed NC (Public News Service) May 2, 2016 Easement property Ridgefield Farm featured in Plough to Pantry magazine February 2, 2016 The Franklin Press: Upgrading water plant, restoring stream on Franklin’s agenda January 1, 2016 From Asheville Citizen-Times: WNC land trust gets makeover November 3, 2015 Smoky Mountain News – LTLT becomes Mainspring Conservation Trust October 29, 2015 Smoky Mountain News – Like a good neighbor: LTLT to clean up Duncan Oil site this winter October 28, 2015 The Franklin Press – Students pitch in to restore Crawford Branch October 28, 2015 The Franklin Press – Mainspring: New chapter for trust October 28, 2015 LTLT and EBCI featured in Land Trust Alliance “Saving Land” Publication September 28, 2015 104-acre tract conserved in Cullowhee through LTLT July 15, 2015 Land Trust Alliance: LTLT Citizen Science Case Study June 11, 2015 North Carolina’s Local Land Trusts Present Annual Awards to Eleven Conservation Leaders May 20, 2015 Land conservation organization restores next-door land May 7, 2015 Asheville Citizen-Times: Smoky Mountain High ninth graders get ‘stake’ in future April 28, 2015 Smoky Mountain News: Paul Carlson honored for conservation work April 22, 2015 The Sylva Herald: SMHS students, LTLT team up for hands-on learning project April 21, 2015 Smoky Mountain News: School partners with land trust for wetland conservation April 16, 2015 1050 WFSC: Land Trust completes purchase, continues improvement at contaminated site April 15, 2015 Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School Partners with LTLT to Conserve Wetland April 8, 2015 LTLT receives grant from Cherokee Preservation Foundation for traditional resource restoration April 2, 2015 Paul Carlson receives Roosevelt-Ashe Outstanding Conservationist Award at Wild South gala March 23, 2015 123