Honoring a Legacy: Charlie Klabunde
Charles “Charlie” Klabunde was born October 28, 1931 in Champagne, IL and died February 7, 2015 in Oak Ridge TN. He lived in Niagara Falls, NY, graduated Lehigh University in […]
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We love our AmeriCorps Project Conserve 2014 – 2015 crew!
Participants in AmeriCorps Project Conserve aren’t just looking for an internship. They commit to full-time 11-month service terms, contributing important skills to boost our capacity for conservation. This AmeriCorps program […]
NPCA/Nature Valley Work Day
We hosted another successful volunteer workday in the Highlands of Roan, made possible by a generous grant from the National Parks Conservation Association and Nature Valley. Funding from this partnership […]
Wild Hogs invade the Highlands of Roan
Over the past year, SAHC’s Roan Stewardship Director, Marquette Crockett, has been talking to conservationists, wildlife agencies, landowners, and farmers about something deeply disturbing in the Highlands of Roan — […]
Meet the Farmers at Our Community Farm!
Matt Coffay and Casara Logan of Second Spring Market Garden are in the house! The greenhouse, that is. We want to send a big welcome to these first vegetable producers […]
Dr. William Davenport Tract – Recently Protected Jewel on the Crown of the Roan
We finally sealed the deal on a treasured 76-acre piece of the Roan landscape just below Carver’s Gap, a popular access point for the Appalachian Trail! In so doing, we […]
241 newly protected acres at Little Sandy Mush Bald
The view of Little Sandy Mush Bald, an iconic high elevation bald situated above rolling farms and coves, is prominent throughout the Sandy Mush community. Now, more of it has […]
Helping Hands on the Farm – French Broad River Academy
Middle school kids these days have a bit of a bad rap — they watch too much TV, they have no work ethic, and they never go outside. Well, whoever […]
“For Love of Beer and Mountains” partners care for Grassy Ridge
On a brisk fall morning in October, a boisterous group of SAHC and Highland Brewing Company staff (and guests) met at the corner of Roaring Creek Road and 19 East, […]
Year-round gardens growing in greenhouses
If you have ever visited a nursery or a commercial farm, you have probably seen large “hoop houses” stretching out sometimes as far as the eye can see. Without these […]
