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Conservation Corner: Lack of land ownership equals poverty
At this moment I am sitting in a crowded airplane on the way home from Guatemala. I came as one member of a group visiting ...
Betsy Burdett, Author at The Tryon Daily Bulletin - Page 7 of 12
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Conservation Corner: The hidden costs of progress
Last Sunday afternoon I was driving home from Belmont, N.C. by myself listening to good music, basically daydreaming the whole time. Of course I was ...
by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, March 29, 2017 10:00 pm
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Be a hero in your own community
Sometimes this column is hard for me to write, and sometimes it is easy. This time it’s hard because the concept that I am trying ...
by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, February 22, 2017 10:00 pm
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There are no easy answers sometimes
At this moment I’m riding in the back seat of Dave and Patty Slater’s pick-up truck, on our way home from Hyde County, N.C. Hyde ...
by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, January 25, 2017 10:00 pm
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How do we as a society value trees?
“Nearly everything I’ve needed to know about life, I’ve learned from trees. ~ Stoney Lamar We all talk about how wonderful it is to be ...
by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, December 21, 2016 10:00 pm
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Can we see the enemy?
We have lived through an awful campaign, fueled by fears, lies, assumptions, gossip, and a whole lot of misinformation. The obvious conclusion is that the ...
by Betsy Burdett, Tuesday, November 22, 2016 10:00 pm
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How does the land mold our life decisions?
Sometimes I think of something interesting, or even mind boggling and ‘bingo,’ there’s a Conservation Corner ready to happen. Sometimes it is not so easy; ...
by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, October 26, 2016 10:00 pm
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Private property rights
Every month I try to think of something new about conservation to tickle your mind; sometimes inspiration comes, sometimes not. Up until yesterday (one day ...
by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:00 pm
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Where have they all gone?
I recently finished reading the book “The Sixth Extinction” by Elizabeth Kolbert. The author spent many pages documenting the number of species that are now ...
by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 10:00 pm
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What is good capitalism?
Several years ago the Polk County Community Foundation sent a group of new Saluda Community Land Trust (SCLT) board members, as well as a Pacolet ...
by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:00 pm
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