Black Family Land Trust

Environmental Conservation Organization

Durham, NC

Black Family Land Trust, Inc. provides conservation easements and land-retention services for African American and historically underserved landowners in the Southeast.

  • African American landowners seeking land-retention assistance
  • Families addressing heir property and estate planning
  • Farm owners seeking perpetual agricultural conservation easements

Durham County Soil and Water

Environmental Conservation Organization

Durham, NC

Durham County Soil and Water provides homeowner drainage and erosion assistance plus free environmental education for students and adults.

  • Homeowners dealing with drainage issues
  • Homeowners dealing with erosion issues
  • Durham County agricultural preservation and development

Land Loss Prevention Project

Environmental Conservation Organization

Durham, NC

Land Loss Prevention Project provides free eligible legal assistance statewide in North Carolina for farmers and landowners facing land loss, foreclosure, or heir-property issues.

  • Limited-resource North Carolina farmers facing foreclosure or debt restructuring
  • Low-income landowners dealing with heir property or boundary disputes
  • Farmers needing business entity formation, contract review, or risk-management counseling

Xenobiotic Detection Systems

Environmental Conservation Organization

Durham, NC

Xenobiotic Detection Systems offers CALUX dioxin screening in 3–5 days using U.S. EPA Method 4435 and ISO/IEC 17025:2005 certification.

  • Rapid dioxin screening of soil, sediment, water, food, feed, ash, or exhaust gas
  • High-throughput screening when GC/HRMS turnaround is too long
  • Screening for dioxin-like and other AhR-active chemicals

3–5 days for CALUX screening, compared with 1 month for GC/HRMS

Catholic Charities

Environmental Conservation Organization

Durham, NC

Catholic Charities - Tar River Region offers disaster recovery assistance, food pantry access, and minimum-cost immigration legal services across central and eastern North Carolina.

  • Families recovering from natural disasters
  • Households needing traditional, choice, or mobile food pantry groceries
  • Citizenship, family petition, TPS, U-visa, VAWA, adjustment-of-status, or work-permit assistance

Immigration representatives may contact online intake applicants within 48 to 72 hours

Niehs

Environmental Conservation Organization

Durham, NC

Bull City Boomerang Bags

Environmental Conservation Organization

Durham, NC

Sew Crafty teaches beginners and experienced sewists, offers quilt piecing and longarm quilting, and creates custom and T-shirt quilts in Durham.

  • beginners learning to sew
  • sewists expanding their capabilities
  • custom-designed quilts

Environmental Conservation Organization in nearby counties

FAQ

Who can help with drainage or erosion problems on a Durham County property?

Durham County Soil and Water provides homeowner assistance for drainage and erosion issues. The available information does not specify fees or eligibility details.

Where can Durham County residents get conservation education or environmental programs?

Durham County Soil and Water offers free environmental education for students and adults and runs agricultural preservation and development programs.

What organization helps protect farmland or family-owned land with a conservation easement?

Black Family Land Trust offers perpetual agricultural conservation easements and 25-year conservation agreements, along with heir-property and estate-planning education.

Can low-income North Carolina landowners get help with heir property or foreclosure problems?

The Land Loss Prevention Project provides free legal assistance to eligible limited-resource farmers and low-income landowners, including help with foreclosure defense, heir property, wills, and farm succession planning.

How long does environmental dioxin screening take in Durham?

Xenobiotic Detection Systems lists a three-to-five-day turnaround for CALUX dioxin screening. Its listed certifications include U.S. EPA Method 4435 and ISO/IEC 17025:2005.