The Umstead Coalition |
The Umstead Coalition is a volunteer-led, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization comprised of individual members and 16 partner conservation organizations. 100% of your donations go directly to help William B. Umstead State Park and are tax deductible. Since 1968, the Umstead Coalition has repeatedly risen to protect William B. Umstead State Park from threats such as quarries, a proposal to sell the Park, a dry-dam flood control structure on Turkey Creek, RDU airport runways that would have taken Park lands and a plan to build a major highway through the Park and the Richland Creek Corridor. Your donations help us with Park land acquisition, environmental education activities, trail maintenance, restoration of the 120 historic cabins and mess halls and preserving the cultural history of the rural community that once lived in the lands that became William B. Umstead State Park. Read more about our projects here. The Umstead Coalition serves as the conduit to donate funds to help the Park. |
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For 53 years, the Umstead Coalition’s mission has been to preserve the natural integrity of William B. Umstead State Park and the Richland Creek Corridor. We’re proud to have successfully protected the Park from several threats throughout the years including a proposal to build a highway through the Park and even attempts to sell it!
And still today the threats continue.
It’s hard to believe we’ve been fighting since 2016 to stop Wake Stone’s plans to build a new rock quarry adjacent to one of the most pristine sections of the Park. We will win and protect our State Park!
We had some significant wins this year in our fight and we definitely could not do this without the help from supporters like you.
While there was much to celebrate, we still have a lot to do to ensure the Odd Fellows Tract is preserved and wildlife is protected in Umstead State Park. For example, in June, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service listed the Neuse River Waterdog salamander as “Threatened.” The Neuse River waterdog salamander has been documented in the past in Crabtree Creek within Umstead State Park. In March 2021, a NCDOT contractor documented it in Crabtree Creek just downstream of our Park. We have every reason to believe it still lives in Umstead.