by sahcadmin | Dec 19, 2012 | Highlands of Roan, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
We recently purchased 260 acres visible from the Appalachian Trail and from the overlook at the Rhododendron Gardens on Roan Mountain. Located in the middle of the Yellow Mountain State Natural Area, the parcel adjoins the 225-acre Spear Top Mountain property that we...
by sahcadmin | Dec 12, 2012 | Hikes
You would think that crossing three counties in one day would be an impossible task. Nay, with this grizzled group of veteran hikers, SAHC and land owners Carl and Holley Merschat were able to summit the top of Maney Fields where Buncombe, Madison, and Yancey Counties...
by sahcadmin | Nov 27, 2012 | Highlands of Roan, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
In mid-November, SAHC purchased 89 acres at the southern end of the designated Yellow Mountain State Natural Area in Avery County, NC. This new land protection project in the stunning Highlands of Roan adjoins and nearly adjoins other, larger tracts of the Yellow...
by sahcadmin | Nov 27, 2012 | Appalachian Trail Countryside, Event Recaps, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Plans for Tennessee’s 55th state park on the stunning Rocky Fork tract were announced on a chilly October day, with early snow still blanketing the ground and a swelling group of attendees packed into the Tennessee Welcome Center off I-26 in Erwin, TN. Tennessee...
by sahcadmin | Nov 19, 2012 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
This fall, SAHC continued two great volunteer management partnerships on the Roan. Asheville Green Opportunities and AmeriCorps Project conserve came out for two separate management days, restoring grassy bald habitat on the western slope of Round Bald. It is always...
