North Carolina Coastal Land Trust

THIS AWARD IS MADE BASED ON APPROVAL OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS PROPOSAL DATED FEBRUARY 25, 2022 HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS AWARD. FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF PROGRAM POLICIES, REFER TO THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION STANDARDS, JANUARY 2021- AMENDED JANUARY 2023. FUNDS UNDER THIS AWARD WILL PERMANENTLY PROTECT 3,533 ACRES THROUGH FEE TITLE ACQUISITION OF WETLANDS AND ASSOCIATED UPLANDS IN NORTH CAROLINA. THEREFORE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROTECT 3,533 TOTAL ACRES OF HABITAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF MIGRATORY BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE.

CAROLINA WETLANDS INITIATIVE VI

CAROLINA WETLANDS INITIATIVE IX

NORTH CAROLINA ONSLOW BIGHT PARTNERSHIP - PHASE III

NA: CLARENDON PLANTATION PARTNERSHIP

FUNDS UNDER THIS AWARD WILL PERMANENTLYPROTECT 2,130ACRES THROUGHFEE TITLEACQUISITIONOF WETLANDS AND ASSOCIATED UPLANDS IN NORTH CAROLINA. THEREFORE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TOPROTECT 2,130TOTAL ACRES OF HABITAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF MIGRATORY BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE.

FUNDS UNDER THIS AWARD WILL PERMANENTLY PROTECTTHROUGH FEE ACQUISITION AND FEE DONATION1,858ACRESOF WETLANDS AND ASSOCIATED UPLANDS IN NORTH CAROLINA. THIS AWARD WILL ALSO ENHANCE 2 ACRESOF WETLANDS AND ASSOCIATED UPLANDS INTHE SAME ARE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROTECT, AND ENHANCE 1,860TOTAL ACRES OF HABITAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF MIGRATORY BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE.

EMBAYED RIVERS INITIATIVE IV

CAROLINA WETLANDS INITIATIVE V

EMBAYED RIVERS INITIATIVE I

CAROLINA WETLANDS INITIATIVE IV

CAROLINA WETLANDS INITIATIVE III

CAROLINA WETLANDS INITIATIVE

ACC WETLANDS CONSERVATION INITIATIVE

NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER CORRIDOR

SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WETLANDS INITIATIVE III

FUNDS UNDER THIS AWARD ARE TO BE USED TO BENEFIT 3,228 ACRES OF HABITAT ALONG THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA. APPROXIMATELY 2,921 ACRES WILL BE PERMANENTLY PROTECTED THROUGH FEE ACQUISITION AND 307 ACRES WILL BE ENHANCED. THIS PROJECT WILL PROTECT AND ENHANCE HABITATS SUITABLE FOR WATERFOWL BREEDING AND WINTERING, AND WILL ALSO BENEFIT OTHER WETLAND-DEPENDENT MIGRATORY BIRD SPECIES.

EMBAYED RIVERS INITIATIVE V

CARTERET COUNTY, NC COASTAL INITIATIVE PHASE II

TO ADD FUNDING

PROJECT PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE GRANT IS TO ENHANCE AND OR RESTORE LONGLEAF PINE FOREST AND BASIC MARL FOREST HABITATS THAT BENEFIT NUMEROUS PRIORITY SPECIES INCLUDING RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER (FEDERALLY ENDANGERED) AT SEVERAL NATURE PRESERVES OWNED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUST (NCCLT) IN CARTERET, CRAVEN AND JONES COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA. THE GRANT WILL ALSO ENHANCE AND RESTORE BASIC MARL FOREST AT NCCLTS ISLAND CREEK PRESERVE IN JONES COUNTY FOR PRIORITY SPECIES LIKE NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT (FEDERALLY ENDANGERED). ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED(S): NCCLT WILL CONTRACT OUT THE FOLLOWING LONGLEAF PINE RESTORATION ENHANCEMENT WORK: (1) PRESCRIBED BURN ON APPROXIMATELY 100-ACRES OF PREVIOUSLY THINNED LONGLEAF PINE FOREST AT NCCLTS 923-ACRE BERN PRESERVE (2) HYDRO AXE OR BRUSH CUTTING OF 30-ACRES OF ENCROACHING POCOSIN VEGETATION SURROUNDING HIGH QUALITY LONGLEAF PINE STANDS AT NCCLTS 303-ACRE MILL CREEK PRESERVE AND (3) PLANT LONGLEAF PINE ON 30-ACRES OF NCCLTS 113-ACRE TRENT RIVER PRESERVE. NCCLT WILL ALSO CONTRACT OUT HERBICIDE TREATMENTS ON 10-ACRES OF WISTERIA AT NCCLTS ISLAND CREEK PRESERVE AND WILL FOLLOW UP WITH NATIVE TREE PLANTING IN THE 10-ACRES ONCE THE WISTERIA IS ERADICATED (EST. 2-3 YEARS). EXPECTED DELIVERABLES: - ENHANCE 130 ACRES OF LONGLEAF FOREST FOR RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER AND OTHER FOCAL SPECIES. - RESTORE 30-ACRES OF LONGLEAF PINE FOREST FOR RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER AND OTHER FOCAL SPECIES. - RESTORE 10-ACRES OF BASIC MARL FOREST FOR NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT AND OTHER FOCAL SPECIES. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: NCCLTS ISLAND CREEK PRESERVE LIES ADJACENT TO A PORTION OF THE CROATAN NATIONAL FOREST AND SHARES A 2.5-MILE BOUNDARY ALONG ISLAND CREEK. VISITORS TO THE U.S. FOREST SERVICES FOREST WALK TRAIL ON THE CROATAN NATIONAL FOREST WILL APPRECIATE THE ERADICATION OF THE INVASIVE WISTERIA FROM ACROSS THE CREEK ON NCCLTS ISLAND CREEK PRESERVE. BOTH NCCLTS BERN AND MILL CREEK PRESERVES ARE ALSO ADJACENT TO PORTIONS OF THE CROATAN. LONGLEAF PINE ENHANCEMENT WORK WILL COMPLIMENT EFFORTS BY THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE TO MANAGE THIS ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEM.

CHOWAN-CASHIE WETLANDS CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP

NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUST (NCCLT), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION (NCWRC), RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A GRANT OF $25,000 FROM THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE'S ENDANGERED SPECIESRECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE PERMANENT CONSERVATION OF APPROXIMATELY 260-ACRES OF LAND ALONG THE CAPE FEAR RIVER IN BLADEN COUNTY. THE 260-ACRE PROPERTY (CAPE FEAR/TCI TIMBER COMPANY TRACT) IS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF EAST ARCADIA AND IS ACCESSED OFF U.S. HIGHWAY 87 IN BLADEN COUNTY. THE TCI TIMBER COMPANY TRACT IS PRESENTLY UNDEVELOPED AND IS OWNED BY TCI TIMBER COMPANY, LLC, A SUBSIDIARY OF CAMPBELL GLOBAL, LLC. NCCLTPROPOSES TO ACQUIRE THE 260-ACRE PROPERTY IN FEE TITLE AND THEN TRANSFER IT IN A SAME DAY CLOSING TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO BE MANAGED BY NCWRC AS PART OF THE WHITEHALL PLANTATION GAME LANDS WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR HUNTING, FISHING, HIKING AND WILDLIFE OBSERVATION, OR AS A STATE CONSERVATION AREA. THE PROPERTY LIES WITHIN A LANDSCAPE OF OTHER CONSERVATION LANDS INCLUDING: (1) 2,900-ACRE WHITEHALL PLANTATION GAME LANDS (LOCATEDUPSTREAM OF THE PROPERTY IN BLADEN COUNTY); (2) A 546-ACRE CONSERVATION EASEMENT HELD BY NCCLT (LOCATED UPSTREAM OF THE PROPERTY IN BLADEN COUNTY); AND (3)THE 3,600-ACRE CAPE FEAR WETLANDS GAME LANDS (LOCATED DOWNSTREAM OF THE PROPERTY IN PENDER COUNTY). THE CAPE FEAR/TCI TIMBER COMPANY TRACT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 189 ACRES OFCYPRESS-GUM SWAMP AND BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD WETLANDS ALONG AN ESTIMATED 1.1 MILES OF THE CAPE FEAR RIVER ALONG WITH 71 ACRES OF UPLANDS A MAJORITY OF WHICH IS IN MATURE HARDWOODS ALONG STEEP RAVINES. THE PROPERTY LIES WITHIN THE STEEP RUN SWAMP SIGNIFICANT NATURAL HERITAGE AREA IDENTIFIED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM AS HAVING VERY HIGH ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE. PART OF THIS RANKING IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN ADOCUMENTED GREAT EGRET AND WOOD STORK COLONY ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS HAVING THE ONLY DOCUMENTED SWALLOW-TAILED KITE NEST IN THE STATE TO DATE. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ARE TO: (LL ENHANCE LOCAL WATER QUALITY THROUGH THE PROTECTION OF FORESTED WETLANDS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT RIPARIAN BUFFERS ALONG 1.1 MILES OF THE CAPE FEAR RIVER; (2) CONSERVE A PORTION OF A SIGNIFICANT NATURAL HERITAGE SITE; AND (3) PROTECT IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR A VARIETY OF RARE SPECIES INCLUDING THE FEDERALLY THREATENED WOOD STORK.

OCRACOKE ISLAND WETLANDS PROJECT

COMPLETE USVI EXOTIC SPECIES CONTROL AND NATIVE SPECIES RESTORATION PROJECT - 12

N.C. COASTAL LAND TRUST PROPOSES TO ACQUIRE IN FEE TITLE A 17.73-ACRE PROPERTY ALONG THE CHOWAN RIVER NEAR THE TOWN OF COLERAIN IN BERTIE COUNTY. 20,000 DOLLARS REQUESTED FOR CONVEYANCE WORK (SURVEY, TITLE ETC. NONE OF THIS FUNDING WILL GO TOWARD PURCHASE PRICE) THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE PROPERTY IS A 8590-FOOT BLUFF ALONG THE RIVER. THE PROPERTY LIES WITHIN A LANDSCAPE OF OTHER CONSERVATION LANDS ALONG THE CHOWAN RIVER FROM THE VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE TO THE ALBEMARLE SOUND. FROM THE NORTH, N.C. WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION OWNS AND MANAGES OVER 30,000 ACRES OF LAND, THE CHOWAN SWAMP GAME LAND, ALONG THE RIVER. NEAR THE ALBEMARLE SOUND, N.C. COASTAL LAND TRUST PURCHASED OVER 1,300-ACRES OF LAND ALONG THE CHOWAN RIVER AT THE CONFLUENCE OF SALMON CREEK AND THE ALBEMARLE SOUND. THE PROPERTY WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE STATE TO BE MANAGED BY N.C. DIVISION OF PARKS AND RECREATION AS THE NEW SALMON CREEK STATE NATURAL AREA. IN ADDITION, THE POINT COMFORT TRACT LIES JUST 2 MILES SOUTH OF OVER 1,180 ACRES OF LAND ALONG THE CHOWAN RIVER THAT WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED, CONSERVED, AND TRANSFERRED BY N.C. COASTAL LAND TRUST TO THE STATE TO BECOME PART OF THE CHOWAN SWAMP GAME LANDS. THE CHOWAN POINT COMFORT TRACT HAS BEEN CALLED THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE ALBEMARLE AND HAS GEOLOGIC, ECOLOGICAL, SCENIC AND EDUCATIONAL VALUES. IF SUCCESSFUL IN PURCHASING THE PROPERTY, THE COASTAL LAND TRUST WILL MANAGE IT AS A NATURE PRESERVE AND WILL HOST GROUP EDUCATIONAL TOURS OF THE PROPERTY.

SPRINGER'S POINT SHORELINE RESTORATION DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW LIVING SHORELINE PROTOTYPE

MODIFICATION TO CHANGE AGREEMENT ENDING DATE TO 3-10-2016

MODIFICATION TO CHANGE PROJECT ENDING DATE TO 6-23-2016 TO ALLOW FOR CLOSEOUT IN PRISM

NORTH CAROLINA ONSLOW BIGHT PARTNERSHIP II