International Paper, along with seven other generous donors, partnered with the N.C. Coastal Land Trust to fund the purchase of 265 acres along 1.1 miles of the Cape Fear River in Bladen County. The property is located in the small town of East Arcadia, which is just north of IP’s Global Cellulose Fibers Riegelwood Mill, and hosts mature floodplain forest and upland hardwood ravines. It is an area rich in wildlife providing nesting habitat for wading birds like the Great Egret and federally threatened Wood Stork; waterfowl like Wood Duck and Hooded Merganser; as well as bottomland hardwood dependent songbirds such as Prothonotary Warbler and Swainson’s Warbler. You can read more about how IP assists with the study and protection of local wildlife on 3BL: https://bit.ly/3RiKNZz
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