Author: Betsy Burdett The Tryon Daily Bulletin

Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

The telephone call from Charlie Fears

A few nights ago, when Allen and I were with friends eating dinner at the Purple Onion, I was talking to someone about one of ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Friday, April 4, 2025 12:33 pm

Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

The truth always comes out

A few days ago, a group of us Saluda Community Land Trust volunteers spent a morning cleaning up trash that washed down the streams during ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Friday, February 21, 2025 11:56 am

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It all has to start with a dream

Conservation easements are really not as difficult to understand as you might think at first. We all tend to get dragged into the details – ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, January 29, 2025 12:35 pm

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The basket that found its way home

This month’s Corner is more about relationships and connections than it is about nature, but in a way, that’s not true. The wildlife surrounding us ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Friday, January 3, 2025 11:51 am

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Guatemala is different

While you all were in the midst of the election at the beginning of November, I was on a mission trip in Guatemala. Our church ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, December 4, 2024 11:28 am

Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

Water runs downhill

This will be the shortest Conservation Corner I’ve ever written. It concerns the fact that we hear lots of statements, rules, and principles, but most ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Friday, October 18, 2024 11:53 am

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What can we do?

I am starting this month’s column with a very depressing quote from author and theologian Brian McLaren. “Our global civilization as currently structured is unstable ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, September 25, 2024 1:21 pm

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“Why?”

Yesterday, I was walking in Holbert Cove on a trail along the edge of the Gamelands. The trail is an old roadbed where Old Holbert ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Friday, September 6, 2024 11:18 am

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The gifts that we give

A couple of years ago, I was walking on a greenway near Baltimore that was built more than 60 years ago. It passes through some ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, August 7, 2024 1:07 pm

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Lost history need not be lost forever

There was a stack of CDs in the office that were made 15 years ago to save information so that we could get rid of ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, June 26, 2024 11:18 am

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