Blue Ridge Rc&d
Organization
Why pick this one
Blue Ridge RC&D helps seven northwest North Carolina counties with conservation projects, grant assistance, watershed work, and sustainable community development.
Best for
- Community organizations seeking conservation project assistance
- Landowners needing prescribed fire assistance
- Stream restoration and watershed improvement projects
- Local partners pursuing grants for environmental or community initiatives
- Schools, civic groups, businesses, and government agencies seeking environmental education or outreach
Look elsewhere if
- Routine residential repairs or general consumer services
- Projects outside the seven-county northwest North Carolina service area
- Customers seeking a conventional commercial contractor rather than a nonprofit project partner
Specialties
- stream enhancement and restoration
- invasive species control
- native revegetation plans
- stormwater management
- sustainable agriculture
- soil stabilization
- land conservation
- renewable energy projects
- energy efficiency upgrades
- timber management
- prescribed fire assistance
- parks, trails, greenways, and blueways
- wildlife habitat improvement
- pollinator gardens
- heritage programs
- community development projects
What makes them different
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties
- Local project sponsors and partners have received direct grant acquisition and project assistance
- The organization states that its assistance has helped generate millions of dollars in project funding
- Staff expertise includes watershed coordination, hydrology, forestry, aquatic biology, and prescribed fire
- The Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Burn Association coordinator assists private landowners with prescribed fire across eight counties
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 31 Cross St Ste 215, Spruce Pine, NC 28777-6159
- Phone
- 18282849818
- Website
- http://www.blueridgercd.com/contact-1
- user@domain.com
Services
- water management
- land management
- community development
- land conservation
- environmental stewardship
- grant acquisition and project assistance
- education and outreach