by sahcadmin | Mar 26, 2024 | Farmland Conservation, French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Wells-Young Homeplace Conservation Easement The Wells/Young Homeplace on Willow Creek Road has served as home to generations of the Wells family in the Big Sandy Mush community. The John W. Wells farmhouse, built in the early 1840s for John and his second wife, Rachel...
by sahcadmin | Feb 27, 2024 | Farmland Conservation, French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Full Sun Farm — the name says it all. A quintessential small mountain farm on sun drenched bottomland in the Sandy Mush Creek valley, Full Sun Farm possesses fertile soils sprouting healthy produce and lush, colorful flowers. This is the kind of place where you want...
by sahcadmin | Nov 29, 2023 | Farmer Incubator Program, Farmland Conservation, French Broad River Valley, Our Community Farm, Volunteer Stories
Farm life never stops. Our ever-evolving 140-acre farm and education center in Alexander, NC continues to expand with exciting new programs and hands-on experiences. If you have not been out to see the farm recently, we welcome you to join one of the monthly guided...
by sahcadmin | Nov 16, 2023 | French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
78 MORE Acres Protected in Upper Beaverdam Creek Watershed SAHC recently purchased 78 acres in Haywood County including a section of upper Beaverdam Creek. The property is mostly forested, rising from the banks of Beaverdam Creek up the hillside to adjoin another SAHC...
by sahcadmin | Oct 27, 2023 | French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Some things are worth waiting for… When Donna McMahon and her sister Debbie inherited 67 acres in Madison County, NC, they faced a dilemma common to families with deep roots in the Appalachian mountains – to sell or not to sell. Their father, George Donald...
by sahcadmin | Sep 1, 2023 | French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Split Pine Cove aka Hawkins Cove – Haywood County yes In 2023, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) purchased 124 acres in the Crabtree/Fines Creek community of Haywood County, adding to hundreds of acres already conserved in the area....
