In the Smoky Mountain News: The Clean Water Management Trust Fund is facing major funding cuts in the Governor’s proposed state budget for next year and an uncertain future beyond that. The fund, which groups like LTLT have pulled from for water quality projects since 1996, is important to protecting NC’s water quality. Learn more about the fund, and the proposed funding cuts in the full article by Andrew Kasper.

An article by Frances Figart of The Laurel of Asheville details LTLT’s aquatic bio-monitoring set to kick off its 2013 season in May, as well as its bird monitoring programs. Read the full article here.

LTLT Deputy Director Sharon Taylor is featured in a March 27 article by Colin McCandless in The Franklin Press. Taylor spoke at a recent Macon County Planning Board meeting in support of the current Macon County Flood Ordinance. Click the link below to read a PDF of the full article.

Franklin Press Floodplain Article