by sahcadmin | Aug 6, 2019 | Land Protection and Landowner Stories, Smoky Mountains
Just beyond the rush of traffic on Interstate 40 near the Tennessee-North Carolina line, steep hillsides and forested knolls shelter a vibrant community of wildlife. We recently purchased 195 acres in this part of Haywood County near the Pigeon River to protect a...
by sahcadmin | Jul 30, 2019 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
Every July for more than 40 years, SAHC staff and volunteers have met on Grassy Ridge to clear the Canada Blackberry that threatens the globally endangered grassy and shrub bald ecosystems found on the Roan Highlands. This summer, 22 volunteers, partners, and staff...
by sahcadmin | Jun 13, 2019 | Our Community Farm
Recently at the Education Center at our Community Farm, preparations have been underway for the development of a new industrial-grade kitchen. For the past three years, Community Farm Manager Chris Link has been guiding the transformation of space once used for dog...
by sahcadmin | May 8, 2019 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
Students from Mars Hill University and Warren Wilson College joined us this spring for a Golden-winged Warbler habitat management workday and camping trip along the Appalachian Trail in the Highlands of Roan. The energetic volunteers cleared downed tree limbs and...
by sahcadmin | Apr 15, 2019 | Landowner Resources, Stewardship Stories
Grassland birds are in trouble. As the grassland habitat needed for nesting and rearing their young continues to disappear, birds such as the Eastern Meadowlark, Grasshopper Sparrow, Dickcissel, and Bobolink found here in the Southeast are declining in numbers. So...
