by sahcadmin | Sep 14, 2017 | Corporate Partners
Kevin Westmoreland and Joe Scully take pride in being part of this thriving and unique area. Their company, Westmoreland and Scully, is building strong links between their restaurants, the Asheville community, and the world. “Long before our restaurants were part of...
by sahcadmin | Sep 12, 2017 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
Straddling the border of Tennessee’s Carter County and North Carolina’s Mitchell and Avery Counties, the Roan Mountain massif rises above the farms and villages of the valley below. Known as the Highlands of Roan, these mountain peaks and ridges, for the most part...
by sahcadmin | Sep 8, 2017 | Trustee and Staff Stories, Youth Education
In our fourth year hosting an intern from the City of Asheville Youth Leadership Academy (CAYLA), we welcomed Fisayo Bashorun to the SAHC team to work with our Communications and Community Farm staff. Fisayo is passionate about photography and aspires to serve at the...
by sahcadmin | Sep 7, 2017 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
It takes a village to care for our mountains, and SAHC, our partners, and volunteers certainly made that happen this summer. In less than four days of work, more than 25 volunteers cut blackberry from about seven acres of grassy and shrub bald habitat during our...
by sahcadmin | Sep 1, 2017 | Black Mountains, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
We purchased 200 acres near the headwaters of the Catawba River, located southeast of the Town of Black Mountain. It bridges two SAHC conservation easements and a corner of Pisgah National Forest. On its west side, the property adjoins 400 acres protected by the SAHC...
