Dogwood Alliance

We are on the road again. This time, traveling through Dogwood Alliance’s coastal focal areas to do a series of presentations, highlight the packaging problem’s impacts in this area and meet some of the local community groups also working to protect majestic Southern forests.

After driving through torrential thunderstorms, we pulled into Wilmington, NC for a presentation at the library downtown. Wilmington is a beautiful town, and we’ve met some amazing people here, and it’s only day 1! The presentation at the library went smoothly, with good representation from local environmental organizations like the Surfriders Foundation Cape Fear Chapter and the NC Coastal Land Trust. Everyone is doing such great work and we are excited to be here.

Tomorrow we are gearing up for a tour of the Green Swamp, one of the top ten ecoregions in North America in number of species of trees, plants, and wildlife. It's also one of the top ten endangered areas in N. America because of industrial logging--Internationl Paper operates a huge packaging mill 24 hours a day not far from here. Be sure to check back in to see some photos of the Green Swamp and why it's so important to protect. Afterwards, we’ll do a presentation for the Friends of the Green Swamp in Whiteville, NC.

‘Till tomorrow,

Eva, Scot, and Andrew

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