by sahcadmin | May 20, 2021 | Black Mountains, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
A conservation-minded buyer recently purchased a significant parcel in the upper Cane River watershed of the Black Mountains in order to protect it permanently from development. The landowner donated a conservation easement to Southern Appalachian Highlands...
by sahcadmin | May 1, 2021 | Black Mountains, Land Protection and Landowner Stories, Species and Ecology Info Stories
Have you seen a salamander lately? These vibrantly speckled and spotted amphibians come bearing good news. If you’ve seen them in an area you have hiked or explored, the water quality and habitat of that area is probably pretty good! Salamanders are sensitive to...
by sahcadmin | Jan 22, 2021 | Black Mountains, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
The rolling route along Drover’s Road Scenic Byway from Fairview to Bat Cave affords beautiful views of mountain peaks, forests, and farmland protected by SAHC – from flat, fertile bottomlands to the top of Little Pisgah Mountain, Blue Ridge Pastures, and...
by sahcadmin | Jul 2, 2020 | Black Mountains, Farmland Conservation, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
The Bowditch Bottoms project has been a long time in the process – beginning in 2014 – and we are thrilled that it successfully closed in June! This 87-acre property in Yancey County contains important soils, farmland, undeveloped forested and non-forested habitat for...
by sahcadmin | Sep 6, 2019 | Black Mountains, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
High above the Catawba Falls, headwater streams coalesce and cascade down the mountainsides, with pristine rivulets merging together to form the rushing river waters. Now, more of these source streams have been permanently protected. In July 2019, SAHC purchased 101...
by Erin Goodpaster | Nov 19, 2018 | Black Mountains, Event Recaps, Hikes, Member and Donor Stories
In 2018 the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 123 acres including the western flank and summit of Brushy Knob, one of the Seven Sisters near Black Mountain, NC. To celebrate the acquisition of this valuable conservation land we led an educational...
