Latta Plantation Nature Preserve is the County's largest nature preserve and protects over 1,343 acres of natural communities including the Beatties Ford Basic Forest natural heritage site. The preserve forms a green peninsula extending into Mountain Island Lake, the drinking water source for over 700,000 residents in Mecklenburg and Gaston counties. Its diversity of natural communities includes upland and bottom land hardwood forests, open fields, streams, and a Piedmont Prairie restoration site protecting the federally endangered Schweinitz's sunflower and Michaux's sumac. The Preserve is part of the Mountain Island Lake Important Bird Area, designated by the National Audubon Society due to its diversity of wintering waterfowl, breeding and migratory songbird species, and protection of bottom land hardwood forests, a threatened natural community in North Carolina.
Thursday, Mar 30, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
Hickory Grove Library
Charlotte, NC
Thursday, Apr 6, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.
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Thursday, Apr 6, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.
There will be various sites in Western North Carolina, including Asheville, Marion, West Jefferson, and Hendersonville (and virtual). You can select a site in the registration process.
Hybrid (Attend Online or In-Person)
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