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WNC conservationists get recognition

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Western North Carolina was well represented in the round of annual conservation awards bestowed by the state’s 24 land trusts. 

The N.C. Land Trust Awards recognized 11 individuals or organizations for efforts to protect the state’s land. Among them were:

  • Paul Carlson of Franklin, who just ended 18 years as executive director of Land Trust for the Little Tennessee, which he founded. 
  • Carolina Mountain Club, whose volunteers have poured hours of labor into trail building and maintenance. 
  • Sheila Gasperson, a long-time employee of the Blue Ridge Parkway who has staunchly supported land protection projects along that corridor.
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