by sahcadmin | Jun 8, 2012 | "For Love of Beer and Mountains", Corporate Partners, Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
On Saturday, June 2nd, eight Highland Brewing Company volunteers, two SAHC volunteers, and seven SAHC staff performed clean up work on Little Hump Mountain in the stunning Highlands of Roan. Our crew was lucky — the day started out overcast, but breezes swept away the...
by sahcadmin | Jun 4, 2012 | French Broad River Valley, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
On May 5, 2012, SAHC stewardship staff teamed up with a dedicated group of volunteers to remove exotic-invasive species from a beautiful mountain farmstead. The crew worked for a majority of the day cutting humongous invasive oriental bittersweet vines on SAHC’s...
by sahcadmin | May 2, 2012 | Stewardship Stories
Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) is a deciduous, woody, perennial vine native to parts of Asia. It was introduced as an attractive and hardy ornamental to the U.S. sometime between 100-200 years ago. It can now be found in many eastern states, but the...
by sahcadmin | Apr 10, 2012 | French Broad River Valley, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
Last Saturday (April 7, 2012), our intrepid Stewardship staff held a volunteer workday on a piece of property SAHC owns in the Sandy Mush area of Buncombe County. The property is over 100 acres in size and almost entirely forested, with portions of lush, rich cove...
by sahcadmin | Apr 2, 2012 | Stewardship Stories
Many of us look forward to spring’s arrival as the best time to watch the forest reawaken after winter as wildflowers gradually begin to bloom. But Spring also stirs to life a host of invasive, non-native plants which compete with our native wildflowers and trees for...
by sahcadmin | Oct 19, 2011 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
SAHC and a slew of volunteers spent a full day mowing, trimming, and cutting to create additional habitat for the rare and “near threatened” golden-winged warbler on Little Hump Mountain in the Highlands of Roan. The Golden-winged Warbler (GWW) is an early...
