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Crystal Cockman

Biography

Crystal Cockman is director of conservation for Three Rivers Land Trust, formerly The LandTrust for Central North Carolina, which focuses focus primarily on land protection and stewardship in the Uwharrie Region. In her free time she enjoys backpacking, hiking, reading, flyfishing, and pretty much anything outdoors.

Education

Bachelor of science and master of environmental management graduate of Duke University.

Expertise

Environment, land protection, Uwharries.

Stories by Crystal Cockman

A native tree with distinctive bark
November 28, 2017
Walking a property recently, we stumbled on a tree with heavily furrowed bark. It took a few minutes of pondering, but we finally decided it was a cottonwood tree.

Ancient trees stand guard over this N.C. river
October 25, 2017
The oldest trees east of the Rockies – some believed to be more than 2,000 years old – are found along this N.C. river.

The nose knows
October 3, 2017
There will be no question what you’ve found if you see a star-nosed mole. The unusual animal can even detect seismic wave vibrations. Loss of wetlands, where it lives, can negatively affect this...

From woods to city parks and yards, here’s one little animal that gets around
August 31, 2017
I’ve seen this cute little animal in very different places – in the N.C. mountains along the Appalachian Trail, on the sidewalk in Chapel Hill, and in Colorado while climbing Mount Elbert.

Nature’s exfoliation – for trees
July 17, 2017
Some are rough and shaggy, others silvery and delicate. What these trees have in common is bark that peels away.