Result

Our 2010 report, Unfulfilled Promise:  The Million Acre Initiative and the Need to Preserve North Carolina’s Open Spaces, found that while the state preserved a number of important landscapes over the last ten years-- including Grandfather Mountain State Park, Chimney Rock, and tens of thousands of acres of game land in Eastern North Carolina--it fell far short of the million-acre mark, protecting just over 640,000 acres of forests, farmlands, and other open spaces.

Later that year, North Carolina’s Council of State finally followed through on commitments to expand Grandfather Mountain State Park and other natural areas to inch closer towards the million-acre goal.