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The Natural Heritage Trust Fund meets Feb. 26-27 to make land conservation funding decisions
Story Date: 2/22/2012
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Source: PRESS RELEASE, 2/21/12
Board members with the North Carolina Natural Heritage Trust Fund will meet in Raleigh starting Sunday to decide which important natural areas should be acquired and protected with unused funds from a project that did not come to fruition.
The board’s business meeting will be Feb. 26 at the Wildlife Resources Commission Headquarters, 1751 Varsity Drive, Raleigh. On Feb. 27, the board will host its awards meeting at the new N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ headquarters, 217 West Jones St.
The agenda for both meetings can be found at the trust fund’s website, http://www.ncnhtf.org/. The two-day meeting is open to the public.
During the awards meeting, board members will review grant applications for the spring 2012 grant cycle and then decide which projects should receive money from the land conservation trust fund.
The Natural Heritage Trust Fund is one of North Carolina’s four funding mechanisms used to conserve environmentally valuable land in North Carolina. The trust fund is supported by 25 percent of the state’s portion of the tax on real estate deed transfers and a portion of the fees for personalized license plates. These sources typically generate about $12 million a year. Since its creation in 1987, the trust fund has contributed more than $328 million to support the conservation of more than 298,000 acres.
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