Deaverview Mountain – 342 Acres Protected!
/in French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories /by sahcadminAfter years of partnership efforts, the crest of Deaverview Mountain overlooking Asheville and surrounding areas has been permanently protected! For more than five years, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy has been […]
Hominy Creek Expansion to Chestnut Mountain Nature Park
/in French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories /by sahcadminSouthern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) recently purchased a 4.16-acre property adjoining Chestnut Mountain Nature Park in order to facilitate future park improvements and conduct a stream restoration project to lessen […]
Jenkins Branch Farm Stream Repair Workshop
/in Farm Workshops, French Broad River Valley, Stewardship Stories /by sahcadminStreambank repair helps protect water quality, stabilizes land, and benefits wildlife as well as people. However, folks interested in helping improve or restore stream banks often don’t know where to […]
Starnes Cove – High Top
/in French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories /by sahcadminSouthern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 130 acres at Starnes Cove near West Asheville, protecting scenic views from surrounding communities and wildlife habitat near Deaverview Mountain. The property had been sought […]
Valley High Farm
/in Farmland Conservation, French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories /by sahcadminBuckskin Branch Farm
/in Farmland Conservation, French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories, Smoky Mountains /by sahcadminLike a lovely landscape painting, Buckskin Branch Farm spreads across a scenic valley in the Fines Creek community of Haywood County. The open pasture and fertile fields of the farm […]
83 Acres Adjoining Richmond Hill Park
/in French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories /by sahcadminThe Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) has purchased 83 acres for permanent conservation, adjoining Richmond Hill Park overlooking the French Broad River. This purchase ends a 4-1/2 year long legal […]
Beaverdam – 81 Acres Protected
/in French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories /by sahcadmin“There used to be an old house just below the ridge where my great-grandmother, Bessie Scott Robinson, was born in 1917,” recalls Rusty Cook, former landowner of a 81-acre tract […]
West Cove and Haywood County Line
/in French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories /by sahcadminWest Cove sits near the top of the Beaverdam community of Haywood County, a beautiful forested mountain haven near the Haywood/Buncombe County lines. Here, land has passed through the hands […]
Our Mission
The mission of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy is to conserve the unique plant and animal habitat, clean water, farmland, scenic beauty, and places for all people to enjoy outdoor recreation in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, enduring for future generations. We achieve this through long-term conservation relationships with private landowners and public agencies and owning and managing land. We are committed to creating and supporting equitable, healthy and thriving communities for everyone in our region.
Get in Touch
Email: sahc@appalachian.org
Phone: 828-253-0095
372 Merrimon Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
