by sahcadmin | May 8, 2019 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
Students from Mars Hill University and Warren Wilson College joined us this spring for a Golden-winged Warbler habitat management workday and camping trip along the Appalachian Trail in the Highlands of Roan. The energetic volunteers cleared downed tree limbs and...
by sahcadmin | Apr 15, 2019 | Landowner Resources, Stewardship Stories
Grassland birds are in trouble. As the grassland habitat needed for nesting and rearing their young continues to disappear, birds such as the Eastern Meadowlark, Grasshopper Sparrow, Dickcissel, and Bobolink found here in the Southeast are declining in numbers. So...
by sahcadmin | Apr 12, 2019 | Highlands of Roan, Species and Ecology Info Stories, Stewardship Stories
In Spring 2019, the Southern Appalachian Golden-winged Warbler Working Group, consisting of more than 10 agencies and organizations, met in the Roan Highlands to discuss landscape-scale conservation measures, including strategic land protection and cooperative...
by sahcadmin | Apr 11, 2019 | Our Community Farm, Species and Ecology Info Stories, Stewardship Stories
This Spring, we used a prescribed (controlled) burn of 13 acres to help manage our shortleaf pine reforestation project at our Community Farm. This prescribed burn will help restore the shortleaf pine by removing undesirable, competing plant species and giving the...
by sahcadmin | Apr 6, 2019 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
Our Elk Hollow Preserve Volunteer Work Day in April was a success, thanks to an incredible group of folks who joined us in building trails, friendships, and partnerships! The group of 18 staff and volunteers gathered on a beautiful spring day, celebrating Earth Month...
by sahcadmin | Mar 1, 2019 | French Broad River Valley, Landowner Resources, Stewardship Stories
SAHC partners on forest stewardship expansion in Sandy Mush. We have long been stewards of Sandy Mush, protecting over 12,000 acres of this high priority conservation area. We are excited to collaborate with EcoForesters and the Forest Stewards Guild to help grow a...
