by sahcadmin | Oct 27, 2023 | French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Some things are worth waiting for… When Donna McMahon and her sister Debbie inherited 67 acres in Madison County, NC, they faced a dilemma common to families with deep roots in the Appalachian mountains – to sell or not to sell. Their father, George Donald...
by sahcadmin | Oct 2, 2023 | Community Engagement, Youth Education
Equity and Education Manager, LaKyla Hodges, energetically jumps into youth programming with both hands, feet, and…. Wings? One of the popular lessons this fall with after-school groups included an outdoor game based on monarch butterfly migration. While learning...
by sahcadmin | Oct 2, 2023 | Corporate Partners
Headwater Environmental, Inc. (Headwater) is a North Carolina-based environmental consulting firm serving the southeast. Founded in Wilmington in 2014 and expanding to Asheville in 2018, their team consists of professional geologists, scientists, field technicians,...
by sahcadmin | Sep 15, 2023 | AmeriCorps, Trustee and Staff Stories
New Board Members Thank you, Kevin and Maria, for volunteering your service with the SAHC Board of Trustees. Kevin Fitzgerald lives in Waynesville, and has served on our Land Protection Committee since 2018. He was Deputy Superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains...
by sahcadmin | Sep 15, 2023 | Highlands of Roan, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Little Cove Creek Preserve – 17 Acres Added George and Jean Nilsen donated their 49-acre Little Cove Creek Farm in Carter County, TN to the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) on December 19, 1984. Almost 40 years later, SAHC has purchased a...
