Land Trust Day is June 7th at the Mast Store Annex in Valle Crucis

Land trusts are non-profit organizations that work with landowners and other associations to help safeguard our land heritage, create open spaces, protect wetlands and wildlife habitats, and provide recreational opportunities everyone can enjoy.

On 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟕, all Mast Store locations will host representatives from a community land trust partner. To support the important work that they do, 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟐𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲.

The Original Store and Mast Store Annex in Valle Crucis will host representatives from the Blue Ridge Conservancy. Formed in 2010 with the merger of two land trusts, 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐬 in Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties. Since then, it has created the 3,600-acre State Game Land Preserve, helped Elk Knob and Grandfather Mountain state parks expand their borders, protected biodiversity with the establishment of several state natural sites, and maintains working farmland.

Land Trust Day is your opportunity to learn more about how land trusts work, how you can help - either by volunteering or by making contributions, and how important their work is in the local area. Guests can also round up purchases to the next dollar to make their own contribution.

You may also like the following events from Mast General Store:

• Next Thursday, 5th June, 06:00 pm, First Thursday on Main: Live Music with the Podunk Ramblers at Mast Store Columbia in Columbia
• Next Saturday, 7th June, 09:00 am, Land Trust Day is June 7th at the Original Mast Store in Valle Crucis in Valle Crucis
• Next Saturday, 7th June, 09:00 am, Land Trust Day is June 7th at the Mast Store in Columbia in Columbia