by sahcadmin | Apr 24, 2020 | Volunteers of the Year
Congratulations to Carolinas’ Nature Photographers Association, 2020 Volunteers of the Year! In 1989 the Stanley A. Murray Award for Volunteer Service was created to honor persons who have made outstanding volunteer contributions to the work of SAHC, emulating the...
by sahcadmin | Apr 18, 2020 | French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Mountain ridges, low-lying farms, beautiful streams and forested hills coalesce into a quiet rural community in the corner where Buncombe, Haywood, and Madison Counties meet. This idyllic haven has been the beloved home to generations of hard-working farmers as well...
by sahcadmin | Apr 15, 2020 | French Broad River Valley, Stewardship Stories
The Sandy Mush Coalition — a partnership among SAHC, the Forest Stewards Guild, and EcoForesters – has completed its first year of collective effort to increase capacity to control invasive exotic plants and improve forest stewardship in Sandy Mush. The...
by sahcadmin | Mar 5, 2020 | Highlands of Roan, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Two new acquisitions in Roaring Creek join our network of protected land in the Highlands of Roan. These two tracts adjoin other SAHC preserves on the slopes of Big Yellow Mountain, together protecting hundreds of acres of northern hardwood and high elevation red oak...
by sahcadmin | Mar 3, 2020 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories
You may already know that SAHC has been working for more than 45 years to protect and conserve our mountain home. And, you may also know that we trace the origin of our organization to the Roan Highlands, where SAHC’s founders first began efforts to conserve the...
