by sahcadmin | Jun 10, 2026 | Featured Highlights, Trustee and Staff Stories, Volunteer Stories
Welcome! Summer 2026 Interns and Seasonals Welcome to our talented and energetic team of young conservationists! This summer, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy is hosting interns from high school, college, and graduate programs – as well as co-supervising the...
by sahcadmin | Mar 7, 2026 | Black Mountains, Featured Highlights, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
HUGE thank you to the volunteers who came out with our North Carolina Wildlife Federation partners in early March 2026 to improve habitat and water quality on SAHC’s Bowditch Bottoms Preserve! SAHC’s Bowditch Bottoms Preserve contains a mosaic of habitat...
by sahcadmin | Aug 26, 2025 | AmeriCorps, Community Engagement, Our Community Farm, Volunteer Stories, Youth Education
The day began inside the Education Center, where LaKyla introduced students to the day’s activities while Alex handed out binoculars and bird bingo sheets. “Sometimes our outings align with events in the natural world,” shared LaKyla. “A birding activity during...
by sahcadmin | May 20, 2025 | Black Mountains, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Opportunities, Volunteer Stories
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy has been hard at work restoring the land at Bowditch Bottoms Preserve, a treasured 87-acre property in Yancey County, NC. Nestled within the Nolichucky River Watershed and framed by scenic...
by sahcadmin | May 1, 2025 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
Spruce-fir Habitat Restoration Continues Science-based habitat management forms the core of SAHC’s Roan Stewardship program. Student researchers and volunteers in 2025 assisted in a new phase of red spruce habitat restoration on SAHC-protected land, continuing a...
by sahcadmin | Nov 7, 2024 | Helene, Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
Grassy Balds Management “SAHC staff and volunteers hand-mowed approximately 11 total acres on Round Bald, Engine Gap, Jane Bald, and Grassy Ridge this summer,” says Roan Stewardship Director Marquette Crockett. “We also assisted with planning and mapping for...
