by sahcadmin | Jan 4, 2020 | Landowner Resources, Stewardship Stories
View from Above – Aerial Monitoring Using Satellite Imagery To supplement our on-the-ground stewardship efforts, SAHC is developing an aerial monitoring program. SAHC stewards land spread across approximately 4,000 square miles — and as of 2020, our Stew Crew is...
by sahcadmin | Nov 17, 2019 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
Thank you to East Tennessee State University’s Service Learning Program for volunteering to assist with land management at SAHC’s Bird House Preserve in the Highlands of Roan. Student volunteers helped remove old structures and continued Golden-winged Warbler...
by sahcadmin | Oct 20, 2019 | Farmland Conservation, Our Community Farm, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
DeLana Parker, Buncombe County Schools Teacher of the Year for Roberson District, contacted Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy about using the Community Farm for volunteer service projects for the 6th grade National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) from Charles T....
by sahcadmin | Sep 30, 2019 | Highlands of Roan, Species and Ecology Info Stories, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative awarded SAHC a $20,000 grant to manage globally endangered red spruce–Fraser fir “sky islands” and rapidly declining shortleaf pine habitats in the southern Appalachians. These habitats...
by sahcadmin | Aug 25, 2019 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
We are working with Pisgah and Cherokee National Forests, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), and Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club (TEHCC) to address recreational impacts in and around Carver’s Gap and Grassy Ridge. This area, with easy access to...
by sahcadmin | Jul 30, 2019 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
Every July for more than 40 years, SAHC staff and volunteers have met on Grassy Ridge to clear the Canada Blackberry that threatens the globally endangered grassy and shrub bald ecosystems found on the Roan Highlands. This summer, 22 volunteers, partners, and staff...
