by sahcadmin | Nov 8, 2013 | French Broad River Valley, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
This fall, 6th and 7th grade boys from the French Broad River Academy (FBRA) volunteered to help heal a 45-acre conservation tract in the Sandy Mush area. They spent three days identifying invasive species and learning how to properly eradicate them without disturbing...
by sahcadmin | Nov 4, 2013 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
SAHC was pleased to host a group of sixteen volunteers from AmeriCorps Project Conserve (APC) on Round Bald within the Highlands of Roan. For the last three years, SAHC has partnered with APC to get members out on the Roan’s grassy balds to complete a variety of...
by sahcadmin | Oct 30, 2013 | Highlands of Roan, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
“All good things are wild and free” – Henry David Thoreau The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy began some forty years ago with a mission to protect the Highlands of Roan. We don’t have a lot of places left that make us feel “wild and free” anymore, at least...
by sahcadmin | Jul 30, 2013 | French Broad River Valley, Stewardship Stories, Volunteer Stories
by Margot Wallston, SAHC AmeriCorps Stewardship Associate — July 2013 One of my favorite things about working in land conservation during the spring is being able to take note of the persistent emergence of botanical life after winter’s long repose. Hiking off-trail...
by sahcadmin | Jun 11, 2013 | Highlands of Roan, Volunteer Stories, Volunteers of the Year
The Roany Boyz began as a group of friends who liked to hike and camp together. One of the group — former SAHC president Carol Coffey — was involved with our annual Grassy Ridge Mow-off, in which volunteers spent the third weekend of July cutting back invasive plants...
by sahcadmin | Mar 18, 2013 | French Broad River Valley, Our Community Farm, Volunteer Stories
On a chilly mid-March day, SAHC’s Anderson Farm was host for an AmeriCorps service day. Fourteen AmeriCorps Project Conserve members, currently serving at host sites throughout Western North Carolina, came together on SAHC’s Community Farm to lend their hands in...
