by sahcadmin | Oct 30, 2013 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
“All good things are wild and free” – Henry David Thoreau The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy began some forty years ago with a mission to protect the Highlands of Roan. We don’t have a lot of places left that make us feel “wild and free” anymore, at least...
by sahcadmin | Jun 11, 2013 | Highlands of Roan, Volunteer Stories, Volunteers of the Year
The Roany Boyz began as a group of friends who liked to hike and camp together. One of the group — former SAHC president Carol Coffey — was involved with our annual Grassy Ridge Mow-off, in which volunteers spent the third weekend of July cutting back invasive plants...
by sahcadmin | Mar 22, 2013 | Highlands of Roan, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
At the end of 2012, we succeeded in purchasing an incredible property that had topped our conservation priority ‘wish list’ for the past four decades — the 601-acre Grassy Ridge tract, crown jewel of the Roan Highlands. Thanks to tenacious landowner outreach, good...
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 | 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 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...
