by sahcadmin | Nov 25, 2025 | Balsam Mountains, Featured Highlights, Land Protection and Landowner Stories, Smoky Mountains
Continuing a longstanding partnership, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy has transferred 1,060 acres in Haywood County to the State of NC to become part of public lands managed by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC). These tracts consist of land for...
by sahcadmin | Nov 12, 2025 | Featured Highlights, Land Protection and Landowner Stories, Smoky Mountains
In Fall 2025, the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased a 9-acre tract surrounded by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and another SAHC-owned preserve – neatly filling a gap in the protected landscape. The acquisition solidifies conservation of a...
by sahcadmin | Apr 23, 2025 | Farmland Conservation, French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories, Smoky Mountains
Buckskin Branch Farm Like 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 sit nestled between Max Patch Road and forested hillsides...
by sahcadmin | Jan 27, 2025 | Land Protection and Landowner Stories, Smoky Mountains
White Oak Mountain The massive mountains of Great Smoky Mountains National Park provide shelter and forage for a wide diversity of species. Now, hundreds more acres in Haywood County on the eastern shoulder of the Park have been conserved, buffering its boundary from...
by sahcadmin | Dec 6, 2023 | Smoky Mountains, Species and Ecology Info Stories, Stewardship Stories
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy’s partners at NC Wildlife Resources Commission have received grant funding to improve elk habitat on SAHC-owned land on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. SAHC’s Stevens Creek Preserve, located at the...
by sahcadmin | Mar 11, 2022 | Land Protection and Landowner Stories, Smoky Mountains
Thanks to generous supporters and conservation-minded landowners, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy has purchased 13 more acres adjoining Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Acquisition of the property in the Stevens Creek area will permanently protect...
