by sahcadmin | Mar 24, 2024 | Community Engagement
“Equity work is a core value of conservation because the protection of land for clean water, food, and recreation impacts everyone,” says Equity and Education Manager LaKyla Hodges. “In recent years Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy and other conservation...
by sahcadmin | Mar 20, 2024 | Community Engagement, Trustee and Staff Stories, Youth Education
SAHC provides weekly environmental education for youth in after-school programs at Asheville Parks and Recreation community centers and YMCA Horizons. Equity and Education Manager LaKyla Hodges leads interactive sessions with these and other partners, fulfilling her...
by sahcadmin | Feb 27, 2024 | Appalachian Trail Countryside, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Union Church Cove Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy continues to work with partners in the U.S. Forest Service to fill in gaps in our public lands. This month, SAHC purchased 65 acres just south of Johnson City and Jonesborogh. The tract shares a long border...
by sahcadmin | Feb 27, 2024 | Farmland Conservation, French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Full Sun Farm — the name says it all. A quintessential small mountain farm on sun drenched bottomland in the Sandy Mush Creek valley, Full Sun Farm possesses fertile soils sprouting healthy produce and lush, colorful flowers. This is the kind of place where you want...
by sahcadmin | Jan 19, 2024 | Black Mountains, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
South McDaris Ridge The rocky face of South McDaris Ridge stands as a sentinel above the upper reaches of Reems Creek valley, just across from the Woodfin Watershed conservation easement. In December 2023, the owners of this significant spur ridgeline in the Great...
