THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 16, 1997 TAG: 9702160091
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3B EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
DATELINE: CAMDEN LENGTH: 21 lines
A stand of virgin bald cypress in Camden County's North River floodplain has a new lease on life through the efforts of The Nature Conservancy and the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission.
The Nature Conservancy has purchased 1,421 acres of swamp forest in the flood plain. The Conservancy will transfer the land to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.
The acquisition expands the protected acreage at the site to 10,151. This newly acquired tract is part of the Indiantown Creek Cypress Forest, a natural area harboring nearly 2,000 acres of relatively mature swamp forest.
The Nature Conservancy is an international, nonprofit membership organization. The mission of the North Carolina chapter is to find, protect and maintain the best examples of the ecosystems native to the state.
For more information, call (919) 403-8558.