by sahcadmin | Jul 10, 2025 | Conservation Funding and Legislation, Featured Highlights, Helene, Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative Small Grant Program. SAHC and partners will use grant funds to address the devastating impacts of Tropical Storm...
by sahcadmin | Jul 9, 2025 | Conservation Funding and Legislation, Featured Highlights, Land Protection and Landowner Stories, Landowner Resources
After more than a decade, North Carolina has revived a powerful way for landowners to protect the places they love and get something meaningful in return. Starting in 2025, the North Carolina Conservation Tax Credit will once again reward landowners who choose to...
by sahcadmin | Jul 13, 2022 | Conservation Funding and Legislation
The North Carolina governor and legislators’ 2022 state budget prioritizes land and water conservation. Funding of $48.4 million to the state’s conservation trust funds will benefit people and nature for generations. “Our state’s conservation needs are not...
by sahcadmin | May 24, 2022 | Conservation Funding and Legislation
Our conservation needs are not one-and-done. Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy and our fellow members of the Land for Tomorrow coalition are working with North Carolina’s state leaders to build on the foundation of conservation funding. Every generation...
by sahcadmin | Mar 22, 2021 | Conservation Funding and Legislation
While 2020 saw many closures and restrictions due to the pandemic, one thing wasn’t restricted by COVID-19: the outdoors. North Carolina saw a record-number of visitors – 19.9 million in 2020 – to NC State Parks as we rediscovered our state’s bounty, from...
by sahcadmin | Dec 13, 2018 | Conservation Funding and Legislation, Highlands of Roan, Land Protection and Landowner Stories, Uncategorized
We have transferred 324 acres on the TN slopes of Hump Mountain to the Cherokee National Forest in the Highlands of Roan, the upper edge of the property extends just 500 ft from the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (AT). Nearby, the AT passes across the grassy balds...
