Source: Craig Jarvis, NEWS & OBSERVER, 8/30/18


A $1 million court-ordered settlement from a federal hog farm pollution prosecution six years ago will be used to preserve nearly 3,000 acres of wetlands, forests and frontage along the Waccamaw River. The N.C. Coastal Land Trust says the settlement is the largest such restitution it has ever received. The money was used as a catalyst to secure grants from 12 funding organizations in order to complete the purchase.

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