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2025 Impact Report / Celebrating 30 Years
The coming decades will bring signi昀椀cant challenges
to conservation stewardship. Shifting seasons, altered
precipitation patterns, and increased extreme weather will
2025 Stewardship
gain new advantages, wild昀椀re risk may grow, and 昀椀eldwork
18,641
schedules may need to evolve to account for more extreme
total acres monitored
require more adaptive management. Invasive species may
temperatures.
As North Carolina’s population continues to rise, conservation
lands will face more encroachment and neighboring land use
con昀氀ict. FCNC will be increasingly responsible for ensuring these
natural areas remain refuges for wildlife and resilient anchors
for biodiversity. Additionally, as many conservation easement
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burn units completed at Oak Hill
Community Park and Forest
landowners are aging, FCNC will play a key role in helping
new owners understand, value, and uphold conservation
commitments. Building relationships and reinforcing the
purpose and permanence of each easement will be an
essential, guiding practice of the stewardship team.
Our stewardship work is ever evolving and adapting, much
2,634
trees planted at Oak Hill Community
Park and Forest
like the native species and habitats we protect, and we are
determined to thrive in a changing world.
def·i·ni·tion
1,886
acres attributed to the largest single
property monitored
A burn unit is a speci昀椀c, designated area
intended to contain a controlled 昀椀re. It is de昀椀ned
by natural or man-made boundaries—such as
roads, trails, or streams—which act as 昀椀re breaks.
3
acres attributed to the smallest single
property monitored
3,298
acres of farmland conservation
easements
2
full-time staff and 2 interns monitored
properties for change detection in 2025
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